Computer Networks Basics Quiz
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Many people share access to a ______ computer.

mainframe

A computer network located within a limited area is called a ______.

LAN

A computer network that covers a large geographical area is referred to as a ______.

WAN

A ______ server distributes resources to users on a network.

<p>network</p> Signup and view all the answers

Workstations can be physically connected to each other in a local area network using ______.

<p>cables</p> Signup and view all the answers

An ______ is an internal computer network accessible only by an organization's members.

<p>intranet</p> Signup and view all the answers

The ______ serves or distributes application programs and data files to workstations.

<p>file server</p> Signup and view all the answers

In a client/server model, there is a host computer which is the ______.

<p>server</p> Signup and view all the answers

Before the internet, each network was ______.

<p>autonomous</p> Signup and view all the answers

The short history of the internet begins with ______ in 1969.

<p>ARPANET</p> Signup and view all the answers

By entering the Web Server ______, one accesses the site's home page.

<p>name</p> Signup and view all the answers

A ______ serves as an index or table of contents to other documents at a site.

<p>URL</p> Signup and view all the answers

A ______ engine is a program that searches documents for specific keywords.

<p>search</p> Signup and view all the answers

The computer accepts ______ as input.

<p>data</p> Signup and view all the answers

A systematic series of actions a computer uses to manipulate data is called a ______.

<p>process</p> Signup and view all the answers

The computer must ______ data so that it is available for processing.

<p>store</p> Signup and view all the answers

Information produced by a computer is referred to as ______.

<p>output</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the binary number system, each digit stands for a ______ of two.

<p>power</p> Signup and view all the answers

A ______ consists of a combination of bits that represent one character.

<p>byte</p> Signup and view all the answers

1 kilobyte equals ______ bytes.

<p>1024</p> Signup and view all the answers

In 1972, the first application of ______ was made.

<p>e-mail</p> Signup and view all the answers

Gary Thuerk sent the first ______ message in 1978.

<p>spam</p> Signup and view all the answers

Scott Fahlman is credited with kick-starting ______-culture in 1982.

<p>smiley</p> Signup and view all the answers

The first internet ______ was released by Robert Morris in 1988.

<p>worm</p> Signup and view all the answers

Tim Berners-Lee and his team at CERN invented the ______ in 1989.

<p>WWW</p> Signup and view all the answers

In 1995, Jerry and David founded ______.

<p>Yahoo</p> Signup and view all the answers

Jeff Bezos launched ______, an online bookseller, in 1995.

<p>Amazon</p> Signup and view all the answers

In 1996, Macromedia Flash 1.0 launched ______ to add interactive animation to web pages.

<p>Adobe Flash</p> Signup and view all the answers

In 1998, ______ arrived, revolutionizing how people search for information online.

<p>Google</p> Signup and view all the answers

The ______ is a collection of local, regional, and national computer networks linked together.

<p>Internet</p> Signup and view all the answers

The ______ allows users to browse through information available on computers worldwide.

<p>World Wide Web</p> Signup and view all the answers

Every web page is stored as an ______ document.

<p>HTML</p> Signup and view all the answers

A ______ is a reference to another document in the WWW that users can visit by clicking.

<p>link</p> Signup and view all the answers

A ______ is the global address of documents on the WWW.

<p>URL</p> Signup and view all the answers

Web servers typically have domain names prefixed with ______.

<p>WWW</p> Signup and view all the answers

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