Nt1310 Chapter 7 Study Guide
Chapter Seven| Review Questions
Q1- What is Internet? Who used it and why ?
A Collect of interconnected networks, all freely exchanging information.
More than 1.3 billion people use the internet around the world, the internet make the life easier and faster at all things.
Q2-What is the ARPANET ?
A project started by the U.S. department of Defense (DoD) in 1969 as both an experiment in reliable networking and a means to link DoD and military research contractors including many universities doing military-funded research.
Q3- Identify the features of the Internet that make it unlikely to stop working from a single point of failure. Why do you think the internet has such as high degree of redundancy?
WAN – Connects large geographic …show more content…
regions .
Q4-What is Web browser ? Provide two examples .
Web client software such as Internet Explorer , Firefox, and Safari used to view web pages.
Q5- Explain the naming conventions used to identify Internet host computers.
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Q6-Briefly describe three different ways to connect to the internet. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each approach ?
Connect via LAN SERVER | Connect Via Dial-Up | Connect Via High-Speed Service
Q7- What is an Internet service provider ? What services do they provide ?
ISP => Any company that provides Internet access to people or organizations .
* Some ISPs such as America Online (AOL) of Microsoft Network (MSN) offer extended information services through software installed on the subscriber’s PC. Many others simply offer a connection to the Internet that subscribers use with Internet software to access various services.
Q8-What are the advantage and disadvantage of e-mail ?
Adv= No longer limited to simple text massage | Dis= Spam Emails .
Q9- What benefit dose IMAP e-mail have over POP ?
IMAP => allows you to view e-mail using Outlook or other e-mail software without downloading and storing the messages locally.
POP => is used to transfer messages from e-mail service to your PC.
Q10- What is podcast
?
A podcast is an audio broadcast over the internet. The name podcast the word iPod , apple's portable music player, and the word broadcasting.
Q11-For what Talent and FTP used ?
Talent is a network protocol that enables users to log on to networks remotely over the Internet.
FTP is a protocol that describe file transfer process between a host and a remote computer and allows users to copy files from one computer to another.
Q12-What is an Internet Chat room ?
A chat room is a facility that enables two or more people to engage in interactive 'conversations' Over the internet.
Q13-What is content streaming ?
A method for transferring multimedia files over the Internet so that the data stream of voice and pictures plays more or less continuously without a break, or very few of them; enables users to browser large files in real time
Q14-What is instant messaging ?
A method that allows two or more people to communicate online using the internet.
Q15- What is the web ? Is it another network like the internet or service that runs in the internet ?
Web as a computing platform that supports software applications and the sharing of information between users. No, It is service that runs on the internet.
Q16-What is a URL and how is it used ?
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Q17- What is an Intranet? Provide three examples of the use of an intranet.
An Internal corporate network built using Internet and World Wide Web standards and technologies; used by employees to gain access to corporate information.
Examples : Internal phone books , procedure manuals , training manuals .
Q18-What is an extranet ? How is it different from an intranet?
Extranet a network based on web technologies that links selected resources of a company's intranet with it customers , suppliers , or their business partners.
Q19-Desribe at least three important Internet issues .
* Management issues
* Service and speed issues
* Privacy , fraud , security and unauthorized Internet sites.
Q1- What is Internet? Who used it and why ?
A Collect of interconnected networks, all freely exchanging information.
More than 1.3 billion people use the internet around the world, the internet make the life easier and faster at all things.
Q2-What is the ARPANET ?
A project started by the U.S. department of Defense (DoD) in 1969 as both an experiment in reliable networking and a means to link DoD and military research contractors including many universities doing military-funded research.
Q3- Identify the features of the Internet that make it unlikely to stop working from a single point of failure. Why do you think the internet has such as high degree of redundancy?
WAN – Connects large geographic …show more content…
regions .
Q4-What is Web browser ? Provide two examples .
Web client software such as Internet Explorer , Firefox, and Safari used to view web pages.
Q5- Explain the naming conventions used to identify Internet host computers.
--------------------------------------.
Q6-Briefly describe three different ways to connect to the internet. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each approach ?
Connect via LAN SERVER | Connect Via Dial-Up | Connect Via High-Speed Service
Q7- What is an Internet service provider ? What services do they provide ?
ISP => Any company that provides Internet access to people or organizations .
* Some ISPs such as America Online (AOL) of Microsoft Network (MSN) offer extended information services through software installed on the subscriber’s PC. Many others simply offer a connection to the Internet that subscribers use with Internet software to access various services.
Q8-What are the advantage and disadvantage of e-mail ?
Adv= No longer limited to simple text massage | Dis= Spam Emails .
Q9- What benefit dose IMAP e-mail have over POP ?
IMAP => allows you to view e-mail using Outlook or other e-mail software without downloading and storing the messages locally.
POP => is used to transfer messages from e-mail service to your PC.
Q10- What is podcast
?
A podcast is an audio broadcast over the internet. The name podcast the word iPod , apple's portable music player, and the word broadcasting.
Q11-For what Talent and FTP used ?
Talent is a network protocol that enables users to log on to networks remotely over the Internet.
FTP is a protocol that describe file transfer process between a host and a remote computer and allows users to copy files from one computer to another.
Q12-What is an Internet Chat room ?
A chat room is a facility that enables two or more people to engage in interactive 'conversations' Over the internet.
Q13-What is content streaming ?
A method for transferring multimedia files over the Internet so that the data stream of voice and pictures plays more or less continuously without a break, or very few of them; enables users to browser large files in real time
Q14-What is instant messaging ?
A method that allows two or more people to communicate online using the internet.
Q15- What is the web ? Is it another network like the internet or service that runs in the internet ?
Web as a computing platform that supports software applications and the sharing of information between users. No, It is service that runs on the internet.
Q16-What is a URL and how is it used ?
…………………………………
Q17- What is an Intranet? Provide three examples of the use of an intranet.
An Internal corporate network built using Internet and World Wide Web standards and technologies; used by employees to gain access to corporate information.
Examples : Internal phone books , procedure manuals , training manuals .
Q18-What is an extranet ? How is it different from an intranet?
Extranet a network based on web technologies that links selected resources of a company's intranet with it customers , suppliers , or their business partners.
Q19-Desribe at least three important Internet issues .
* Management issues
* Service and speed issues
* Privacy , fraud , security and unauthorized Internet sites.