False, the U.S. Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) formed a team of computer scientists
The Internet was created by private enterprise, but it has been taken over and expanded by the federal government.
False, can be edited by anyone, are super fact checked
Wikis are informative Web sites that are strictly controlled by professional editors.
True
Mosaic was the first user-friendly browser.
False, computer network
ARPAnet is a browser.
True
Microprocessors led to the development of personal computers.
False, enabled military and academic researchers to communicate one a distributed network system
The Internet was designed so that a centralized authority could control electronic communication during a nuclear disaster.
False, it became a mass medium
The primary use of the Internet in the 1990s was social networking.
True
HTML stands for "HyperText Markup Language."
True
Open-source software has code that can be updated by anyone interested in modifying it.
True
The iconic achievement of Web 2.0 is social networking.
True
"Cookies" are files that allow a Web site owner to chart the computer user's movements within the Web site and collect other information about the user.
True
The Web is a participatory medium in which anyone can be involved.
True
Computer engineer Ray Tomlinson, who invented e-mail, established the "login name@host computer" convention for e-mail addresses.
False
The Linux operating system was developed by Microsoft in an attempt to deter an antitrust suit by the U.S. government.
True
Recent court decisions have upheld Congress's authority to restrict children's access to pornographic Web sites.
False
Most Web sites follow an "opt-in" data policy when collecting information from online consumers.
A. Instant messaging
Which of the following is not part of Web 2.0?A.
Instant messagingB. BlogsC. Wiki Web sitesD. The semantic WebE. Social networking sites
A. The development of digital technologies that allow information to be transferred as a series of binary codesB.
The development of smaller, personal computers, made possible through the development of microchips and microprocessorsC. The development of fiber-optic cable, which allowed a massive amount of information to be transmitted extremely quickly
According to the text, which of the following technological advancements have aided the Internet's role in media convergence?A. The development of digital technologies that allow information to be transferred as a series of binary codesB. The development of smaller, personal computers, made possible through the development of microchips and microprocessorsC.
The development of fiber-optic cable, which allowed a massive amount of information to be transmitted extremely quicklyD. All options are correct*
A. Web browsers
The Internet moved into the mass medium phase of development with the invention ofA. Web browsersB.
Search enginesC. 56K modemsD. E-mailE. Computer bulletin boards
B. The use of digital technology to access different forms of traditional media*
One form of media convergence isA.
The tendency of news media to focus on local storiesB. The use of digital technology to access different forms of traditional media*C. The theory that there are more and more media outletsD. The way media coverage tends to follow a mob mentality in reportingE. The idea that every media format will eventually be replaced by another
A.
Advertisements in subscribers' e-mail messages
How do major Web companies make money from e-mail?A. Advertisements in subscribers' e-mail messagesB. Fees charged to usersC. Government subsidiesD.
Reimbursements from computer manufacturers
B. Wiki Web sites
User-created content on the Web includes which of the following phenomena?A. Sponsored linksB. Wiki Web sitesC. BlogsD.
PhishingE. Both Wiki Web sites and blogs
C. Military research
What was the original motivation for developing the Internet?A. Technical innovationB.
Entrepreneurial ambitionC. Military researchD. Popular demand for a more democratic medium of communicationE. Desire for a new toy or "novelty"
C. Linux is open-source software
What is the main difference between Linux software and Microsoft software?A.
Microsoft is cheaperB. Linux is much less reliableC. Linux is open-source softwareD. Linux is funded by the governmentE. Microsoft is open-source software
