in general, this is a connected system of objects or people
What is a network
100
Microsoft plans to support this operating system, which debuted in 2001, until 2014
What is Windows XP
100
this is the collection of all the web pages available
What is the world wide web
100
the four basic software categories are: commercial, shareware, freeware and ______
What is public domain
100
usually found between angle brackets <>, this tells the web browser what section or formatting to apply
What is an element/tag
200
with this time of transmission, the message is sent across the network one byte at a time, with each bit in the byte taking a separate path
What is parallel transimission
200
This is the part of a file that tells the operating system what to do with it
What is a file extension
200
this is the type of company who provides you access to the internet, for a fee of course.
What is Internet Service provider (ISP)
200
in this type of network, there is one central access point and each device on the network connects directly to that point for access
What is star
200
also found inside angle brackets, this is preceded by a space to separate it from the initial part. This helps to further define what the web browser should do.
What is attribute
300
this early ethernet protocol supported transmission rates of 10mbps
What is 10BASE-T
300
this was the dominant operating system during the 1980's and early 1990's
What is DOS
300
TCP/IP uses this technique to transmit data over the internet
What is packet switching
300
this type of network covers a relatively small geographical area such as a home, office building or school
What is LAN (local area network)
300
This part of html, shortened to CSS, is a newer concept, but is essential to defining the format and markup of a web page.
What is Cascading Style Sheet
400
in this type of network topology, some devices are connected to all other devices while some are connected only to those with which they exchange the most data
What is partial mesh
400
this document is shown at the beginning of every software installation and must be agreed to before installation will continue
What is a EULA
400
this takes the form of either hardware or software and helps prevent unwanted access to your computer or network
What is a firewall
400
this type of cable was originally developed to carry a large number of high speed video transmission at one time, such as cable tv
What is coaxial cable
400
this way of defining a color includes 6 characters preceded by a #
What is hexadecimal
500
with this type of network, computers are connected directly to each other, generally bypassing the need to go through an additional server or layer.
What is Peer-to-Peer (P2P)
500
these programs reduce the size of files so they take up less storage space
What is file compression program
500
this term refers to the amount of data that can be transmitted in a given time period
What is bandwidth
500
this project was the forefather of what we know as the internet today