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Search engines scour the Web with bots (automated programs) called ____ that follow all Web links in an attempt to catalog every Web page by topic.

A) ants
B) spiders
C) turtles
D) hares

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Identify the letter of the choice that best matches the phrase or definition. -Web site designed to allow users to add, remove, and edit content

A) Web server b. Web portals
C) URL
D) BitTorrent
E) wiki
F) Web browser
G) meta search engine
H) HTTP
I) CSS
J) Web-authoring software
K) subject directory
L) hyperlink

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Julie's grandmother, Elinore, wants to connect to the Internet from her home. Julie is helping her grandmother look at the options based on her budget and the features she wants. -Elinore has several friends who use a ____ connection, where there phone line is tied up whenever they are on the Internet.

Web pages are sometimes called HTTP documents.

Everything on the Internet exists on the Web; however, the reverse is not true.

Please briefly describe the three layers of the Internet: application layer, transport layer, and physical layer. This multilayer view is said to help with practical issues related to networking. What are a few of those issues?

As with most forms of group messaging, chat forums are organized by topics. Some services call the various topic-related forums ____; others call them chat rooms.

____ is the process of adding location identification to online communications and content.

With content streaming, sometimes called streaming media, streaming video, or streaming audio, the media begins playing ____ the file is delivered.

IP addresses can be dynamic, which means they are permanently assigned to a particular computer. _________________________

Joining networks together into larger networks so that users on different networks can communicate and share data creates an ____.

In 1957, ____ surprised the world by launching Sputnik, the first artificial earth satellite.

A(n) ____ works with a Web browser to offer extended services such as audio players, video, animation, 3D graphics viewers, and interactive media.

The software associated with the Internet is referred to as the physical layer.

Computers that provide services, such as www.yahoo.com, use ____ addresses.

Google holds the lion's share of the Internet search market at ____%.

IP addresses can be static, which means they are assigned to computers as needed.

Publishers are able to use XML to separate data from Web page formatting. This is possible because XML Web content is implemented using several files. Please describe these files. Give an example of when this way of organizing files could be an advantage to an organization.

____________________ is a peer-to-peer file-sharing protocol that allows users to share files by downloading pieces of a file from multiple sources.

Social bookmarking sites provide a way for Web users to store, classify, share, and search Web bookmarks, also referred to as ____.