Internet Terminology and Uses

Internet: Common Uses Features and Terminology

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1. The Uniform Resource Locator of a webpage is known as the __________ It identifies the address location of the webpage on the internet. *

2. If you click the ______________ link of a webpage it will take you to its very first page, the cover *

3. When you click a __________ you are taken to a different part of the current page or to a different webpage entirely. It is recognised by the cursor animating as a white finger pointing glove, after placing the mouse pointer over a certain part of the webpage, e.g. images or words. *

4. A __________ is used to find information on the World Wide Web. *

5. An E-mail client is accessed by a Browser on the Internet and allows you to send and receive E-mail. It is known as __________ Google is the number one provider of this service at the moment September 2011. *

6. A __________ website offers a platform for people to build their social relationships. *

7. On many websites a __________ (Weblog) can be created by a user to express/exchange their feelings on a topic e.g. education or cooking. Or in the form of an on-line diary/journal that can be viewed and commented on by other users. *

8. Shopping on-line and in general the exchange of monies for products and services is known as __________. *

9. A person can teach or educate themselves by using a computer and or the Internet as a means of delivering the topic/content to be studied. This is known as __________ E.g. a teacher might use Skype to broadcast his session to hundreds of people all over the world at the same time and the recipients could IM (Instant Message) questions to the teacher. *

10. A software application called a __________ allows you to view webpages (WWW) via the Internet and also use the Internet to:a. Go to a specific webpage, listen to the radio, Watch On-Line TV, Study, Blog, Share videos and photographs etc. *

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