3. a Computer That Provides Information to Your Browser Is Called a Server

Multiple Choice

1. The computer network comprising thousands of networks that exchange information is known as the Internet.

2. You may get an error message accessing a site if there is a space in the address and you use a comma instead of a dot.

3. A computer that provides information to your browser is called a server.

4. Text that provides links to other is called hypertext.

5. Each web page has an address known as an URL.

6. Web pages are written using a language called html.

7. Which of the following can work as a hyperlink: E all of the above.

True or False

8. All URLs start with http://: False

9. A search engine allows you to search the Web by keyword: False

10. A favorite or bookmark is a way to save a link to a site on the Web you’d like to visit again: True

11. To navigate using a hyperlink, you click on the link with your left mouse button: True

12. Usenet newsgroup archives cannot be searched for information contained in them: True

13. You can copy text on a web page by using your left mouse button: True

14. A Web page may include multimedia, such as audio or video formats: True

Completion:

15. A subject listing of Web resources is known as a virtual library.

16. To access a Web site, you type its URL into your browser’s address bar.

17. A directory of Web pages selected and evaluated by an information professional or librarian is called virtual libraries.

18. Before the World Wide Web, a protocol used to share information through the internet was ARPANET

19. A software program that allows you to access information on the WWW is known as an internet browser

20. Mozilla is an open-source alternative to IE.