Question 1

____ specifies the format of a mail message and describes how mail is to be administered on the e-mail server and transmitted on the Internet.

Accepted Answer

SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is specifically designed for email transmission on the internet. It is responsible for sending and receiving mail messages. It defines the format of the message, the types of commands that are used to transfer mail between systems, and how errors are handled during transmission. TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) is a set of protocols that underlies the internet, but it is not specific to email transmission. MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) is a standard that extends the format of email messages to support different types of data, such as audio and video files. POP (Post Office Protocol) is a protocol used to retrieve email messages from a mail server.

Question 2

A network which uses a specific set of rules and connects networks all over the world to each other, is called the ____________________.

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Question 3

The early versions of ____ let Web page designers create text-based electronic documents with headings, title bar titles, bullets, lines, and ordered lists.

Accepted Answer

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) allows web designers to create text-based electronic documents with various formatting options like headings, title bar titles, bullets, lines, and ordered lists. HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is a protocol used for transferring data over the internet. SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) and XML (Extensible Markup Language) are markup languages for defining digital documents. However, HTML is the specific language that fits the description provided in the question.

Question 4

A newer e-mail protocol that performs the same basic functions as POP, but includes additional features, is known as ____.

Accepted Answer

IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) is a newer email protocol that offers more advanced features than POP (Post Office Protocol), such as the ability to manage email messages on the server and access them from multiple devices. SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is a protocol used for sending email messages. POPI and IPOP are not commonly used email protocols.

Question 5

____________________ providers sell Internet access rights directly to larger customers and indirectly to smaller firms and individuals through other companies, called ISPs.

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Question 6

____ is a set of rules for handling binary files, such as word-processing documents, spreadsheets, photos, or sound clips, that are attached to e-mail messages.

Accepted Answer

MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) is a standard that allows for the exchange of different types of data files over email, including binary files such as those mentioned in the question. It defines a set of rules for how these files should be encoded, transmitted, and decoded by email clients.

Question 7

In HTML, hyperlinks are created using the HTML ____ tag.

Accepted Answer

Hyperlinks are created using the HTML anchor tag (<a>). This tag is used to define a hyperlink, which is a clickable link that takes the user to another webpage, document, or a specific location on the same webpage.

Question 8

The combination of the protocol name and the domain name is called the ____.

Accepted Answer

The combination of the protocol name and the domain name is called the URL, which stands for Uniform Resource Locator.

Question 9

A computer ____________________ is any technology that allows people to connect computers to each computer.

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Question 10

____ lets users create and manipulate e-mail folders and individual e-mail messages while the messages are still on the e-mail server.

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IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) allows users to access their email on the server and perform actions such as creating folders and managing messages without downloading them to their device. POP (Post Office Protocol) downloads emails to the user's device and SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is used for sending emails. MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) defines the format of email messages, including text, images, and attachments.

Question 11

____ was the first Web browser that became widely available for personal computers.

Accepted Answer

Mosaic was the first widely-used graphical web browser for personal computers, released in 1993. Netscape and Internet Explorer came later. CompuServe was an online service provider that offered access to the internet, but not a web browser.

Question 12

Usenet survives on the Internet today, with more than 1000 different topic areas that are called ____________________.

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Question 13

A(n)____________________ is an e-mail address that forwards any message it receives to any user subscribed to the list.

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Question 14

The routers connected to the Internet backbone are sometimes called ____________________ routers.

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Question 15

In 1979, a group of students and programmers at Duke University and the University of North Carolina started ____________________, which allows anyone who connects to the network to read and post articles on a variety of subjects.

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Question 16

____ are sets of words that are assigned to specific IP addresses.

Accepted Answer

Domain names are sets of words that are assigned to specific IP addresses. URLs are specific addresses for web pages, octets are the 8-bit segments that make up an IP address, and piconets are small personal area networks that use Bluetooth technology.

Question 17

HTML was developed by ____.

Accepted Answer

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) was developed by Tim Berners-Lee in the early 1990s while working at CERN. ARPANET and NSF were both early computer networks, and Ted Nelson is known for coining the term "hypertext," but none of them were directly involved in the development of HTML.

Question 18

Internet ____________________ are computers that are directly connected to the Internet.

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Question 19

The part of the Internet known as the ____________________ is a subset of the computers on the Internet that are connected to one other in a specific way that makes them and their contents easily accessible to each other.

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Question 20

Programs apply their routing algorithms to information they have stored in routing tables or ____________________ tables.

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Quiz 2: Technology Infrastructure: the Internet and the World Wide Web