HOW THE INTERNET WORKS

What do you call a software application used to access and view web pages?

• search engine

• web browser

• internet

• none of the above

It is a global network of billions of computers and other electronic devices.

• search engine

• internet

• web browser

• all of the above

What forwards data packets to the right computer?

• Router

• Internet

• Ethernet Cable

• Clock

URL stands for

• unified random location

• united relay locator

• uniform resource locator

• unique research lab

In the URL http://www.nytimes.com/pages/crosswords, the red text is called the

• domain name

• website

• protocol

• path

The Internet is a global network of ____________ ____________.

• physical cables

• wireless signals

• online applications

• web browsers

The company that gives you access to the internet is called your:

• CPU
• URL
• ISP
• IBM

What are these?

• Routers
• IP Addresses
• World Wide Web
• Computing Devices
• Internet

Fill in the blank: Information is not transmitted in one piece across the Internet, but rather as a datastream of ____________.

• packets
• IP Address
• Internet Protocol
• computing device
• World Wide Web

Who helped create the Internet?

• Vint Cerf
• Larry Page
• Bill Gates
• Steve Jobs