What is the name of the problem-solving model in which a task that cannot be performed by one person is outsourced to a large group or community in order to obtain and analyze large amounts of data?
Crowdsourcing
What are T carriers?
Dedicated digital telephone lines used in North America
Which of the following connection types provides the fastest direct connection speed?
Fiber-optic cable
Which of the following describes cloud computing?
Hosted applications and services offered by a third party and run almost entirely from one or more servers that reside on the Internet
What happens when you click a hypertext link?
Another location in the same Webpage or another Webpage appears.
Which of the following is used solely to resolve human-readable domain names into their computer-readable IP addresses?
Domain name servers
What is a top-level domain in the Domain Name System (DNS)?
The right-side component of a domain name, which categorizes domains into groups by common type or geography
Direct Internet connections:
provide continuous access to the Internet through permanent network connections.
What is the primary function of a network server?
To act as a central repository of programs and data to which all users connected to the network have access
A device that converts digital data to analog signal and vice versa, is called a:
Modem
In an IP address such as 192.241.187.8, the last number in the address (on the far right) identifies:
A specific computer
What is the term for a device that determines the best path for data to take across a network?
Router
How are wide area networks (WANs) created?
By connecting LANs to one another via public carriers
What is a local area network (LAN)?
A group of computers connected within a confined geographic area
What type of server are you accessing when you download software programs and documents from Websites?
A File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server
In computer terminology, what is a network?
A group of two or more computers connected so they can communicate, share resources and exchange information with one another
What is the term for a server at the highest level of the Domain Name System (DNS)?
Root-level server
Which of the following top-level domains would generally refer to an Internet Service Provider (ISP)?
net
What is the main purpose of a file server?
To store shared data
What is a wide area network (WAN)?
Two or more local area networks (LANs) that span a wide geographic area
Which device connects a wireless local area network to a wireless phone network at broadband speeds?
4G mobile hotspot
What is a dotted quad?
A series of numbers divided into four segments that identifies a unique resource on the Internet
What enables dissimilar systems connected to the Internet to communicate with one another?
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
What is the term for a collection of related HTML documents located on a host computer on the Internet?
Website
Which of the following wireless mode types uses a centralized access point known as a wireless access point (AP)?
Infrastructure
A LAN can be connected to the Internet by a router, provided that the LAN uses:
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
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