Internet Glossary
Searching??
Tech Buzzwords
GOOGLE It!
Internet Hodgepodge
100
The process of saving a URL in your web browser. Allows the user to return to a particular site or entry by making a record of it.
What is bookmarking?
100
The maximum number of recommended word per Google search.
What is eight?
100
A tiny dot of light on the monitor
What is a pixel?
100
Sergey
Who was Larry's partner?
100
Abbreviation for "By the Way" used in email
What is a btw?
200
Secret code of letters and numbers needed to gain access to a time-sharing computer or FTP system, or to protect web pages.
What is a password?
200
The main challenge of Internet searching.
What is asking the right question?
200
A computer program that is written to purposely cause damage to a computer
What is a virus?
200
September 15, 1997
What did GOOGLE register as a domain?
200
The transfer of files from a remote computer to the user's computer
What is a download?
300
A group of computers that exchange network news information.
What is a Usenet?
300
The combination of two or more words.
What is a phrase?
300
Round, flexible piece of plastic that you put in a computer to store information
What is a floppy disk?
300
Stanford University
Where was GOOGLE invented?
300
Stands for World Wide Web
What is www?
400
A computer operating system developed by AT&T Bell Labs and used to develop the Internet.
What is UNIX?
400
A powerful technique that can narrow your search to a reasonable number of results, and increase the chance of those results being useful.
What is Boolean searching?
400
The "box" where a column and a row intersect on a spreadsheet.
What is a cell?
400
backrub
What was the original name for Google?
400
Slang for someone who is a new user of the Internet
What is a newbie?
500
An Internet tool that allows you to search by keyword through gopher titles and directories.
What is Veronica?
500
3 things to consider when doing a Google search
What is avoiding redundant terms, key words, and use of correct spelling?
500
A tiny, picture on the screen that represents a program, file, or folder
What is an icon?
500
Yoshka
What is name of Google's first dog?
500
Two computer systems linked by a network or modem connect where the client computer uses resources by sending requests to the server computer
What is a client server?
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