Going Online
Extensions
Getting Connected
Terms & Concepts
100
A large gigantic network of networks that connects computers across the world.
What is the Internet?
100
Commercial or for-profit business
What is .com?
100
A company that sells you access to the Internet, usually for a monthly fee.
What is an Internet Service Provider (ISP)?
100
Bookmarks are called...
What are Favorites?
200
Only a segment or part of the Internet that provides a way of accessing a huge collection of information, services, and Web sites.
What is the World Wide Web?
200
Educational Institution
What is .edu?
200
Dial-up, cable, and DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) are three types of...
What are Modems?
200
A software program designed to surf the Internet.
What is a Web browser?
300
The main page of a Web site
What is the Home Page?
300
U.S. government organization
What is .gov?
300
What are the rules or manners that apply when using electronic communications.
What is Netiquette?
300
When you do a search in a Web browser, you can find the information you need by looking at this...
What is the results list?
400
A specific location on the Web that contains a collection of related files and resources by a person, group, or organization.
What is a Web site?
400
Professional or nonprofit organization
What is .org?
400
You need four things to connect to the Internet from your home or office:
What is a Computer, an Internet Service Provider (ISP), a Modem, and Communication Software (i.e. Web browser, E-mail software, etc.)
400
Just as every home or business has its own address, every Web site has its own unique address.
What is Uniform Resource Locator (URL)?
500
Like an index in a book, it contains an index of all the main pages.
What is a Site Map?
500
To keep each web site or extension secure you use a hardware or software that protects a network from intruders.
What is a Firewall?
500
Junk email is called...
What is Spam?
500
When you explore a Web site, usually starting with the Home page to find more specific information by clicking links.
What is Drill Down?
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