Computer Networks and Web Technologies Flashcards

Flashcards about Computer Networks and Web Technologies

What is Electronic Mail (E-Mail)?

The transmission of messages over communications networks. Messages can be notes entered from the keyboard or electronic files stored on disk.

What is broadcasting in the context of email?

Sending the same message to several users at once.

What is a Newsgroup?

An online discussion group on the Internet covering various interests.

What is a news reader?

A program that runs on your computer and connects you to a news server to view and post messages.

What is Internet Relay Chat (IRC)?

An Internet-based service that enables people to join in live text-based discussions.

What is an IRC client?

A program that runs on your computer and sends and receives messages to and from an IRC server.

What is File Transfer Protocol (FTP)?

A set of rules used for exchanging files over the Internet.

What is uploading?

The transfer of files from the user’s computer to a computer on a network.

What is downloading?

The transfer of files from a computer on the network to the users computer.

What is the World Wide Web?

An internet service that supports specially formatted documents with links, graphics, audio, and video files.

What is HTML (HyperText Markup Language)?

A markup language used to format documents on the World Wide Web.

What is a hyperlink?

An element in an electronic document that links to another place in the same or different document.

What is hypertext?

A special type of database system where objects can be creatively linked to each other.

What is a web browser?

A software application used to locate, retrieve, and display content on the World Wide Web.

What is Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)?

A set of rules used by the World Wide Web for formatting and transmitting messages.

What is HyperText Markup Language?

The authoring language used to create documents on the World Wide Web.

What is a Web Page?

A document on the World Wide Web identified by a unique URL.

What is a Web Site?

A site or location on the World Wide Web containing several web pages.

What is a Web Server?

A computer on the internet that stores and delivers web pages.

What is a blog (Web Logging)?

A Web page that serves as a personal journal for an individual, typically updated daily.

What is podcasting?

A free internet service that allows users to pull audio files from a website to listen to.

What is a Bulletin Board?

A web page on which users can post electronic messages, often serving specific interest groups.

What is VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)?

A category of hardware and software that enables people to use the Internet as the transmission medium for telephone calls.

What is E-Commerce?

The buying and selling of goods and services via the internet.

What is E-Learning?

Education via the Internet, network, or standalone computer.