Internet Uses & Applications
GUI stands for..
Graphical User Interface
This connection type uses phone lines but offers faster speeds than dial-up.
What is DSL (Digital Subscriber Line)?
A method of creating a local network without physical cables.
What is Wireless networking?
This symbol always appears at the beginning of a web address.
What is http:// or https://?
What is Netscape ?
Web Browser
What does NFC stand for and what is it most commonly used for?
Near Field Communication - contactless card payments
The newest mobile data network promising ultra-fast speeds.
What is 5G?
A collection of web pages residing on a single server.
What is a Website?
This software program allows you to view and interact with web resources.
What is a web browser?
An easy-to-use GML(Generalized Markup Language ) that provides webpage designers with a fixed set of mark-up tags that are used to format a webpage.
What is a 'HTML' or 'HyperText Markup Language'?
Banking, and Shopping, are considered a financial use of the internet.
Paying Bills
The slowest type of Internet connection that uses a phone line.
What is dial-up?
The standardized communication protocol used for transmitting web pages.
What is World Wide Web (WWW)?
This part of a URL indicates the specific location
What is the path?
The maximum rate of data transfer across a given path.
What is bandwidth?
True or False: Skyfire is a common web browser
False
This cutting-edge internet delivery method uses low-orbit satellites to provide global internet coverage.
What is satellite internet constellation (like Starlink)?
The process of verifying a user's identity online.
What is Web authentication?
The part of a web address that indicates the type of organization (.com, .org, etc.).
What is a domain suffix?
DuckDuckGo is what?
A set of words and other characters that represent the address of a unique resource on the Web such as a web page.
What is a URL or Uniform Resource Locator?
This connection type uses light signals through special cables and offers extremely high speeds.
What is fiber-optic?
The clickable text or image that connects one web page to another.
What is a Web link?
This prefix indicates a secure website with encrypted communication.
What is https://?
A method of encrypting web traffic that appears as a padlock in the address bar.
What is HTTPS?