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Technology

Choose the correct term for each exercise.

This activity contains 25 questions.

	A citizen of the Net or Internet is   a world traveler. an automatic teller. a netizen. a basketball player.

	Conversation that takes place over the Internet is   talk to me. e-mail. chat. voice mail.

	An Internet site that multiple users access in order to converse at the same time is   a den. a chat room. a coat room. a living room.

	If you are traveling and need access to the Internet, you might want to stop at a   boutique. college classroom. chat room. cybercafé.

	Someone who is practiced in using the Internet or accessing cyberspace is known as a   Internet rat. astronaut. space nut. cybernaut.

	Cyberpunk is   fast-paced science fiction involving futuristic computer-based societies. a game of hide-and-seek on the Internet. a type of art that is only available on the Internet. punk rock that is able to be downloaded from a Web site.

	The Internet and other networks and the virtual communities they form are known as   hydrospace. outer space. hyperspace. cyberspace.

	A "dotcom" is   a company doing business in polka dots. a company doing business in commerce. a company doing business mostly or solely on the Internet. None of the answers is correct.

	Online business transacted over the Internet is   e-commerce. cyber business. banking commerce. chamber of commerce.

	A magazine published on the World Wide Web is a/an   e-zine. mag-zine. wide-zine. inter-zine.

	FAQ stands for   Frank and Quentin. frequently answered queries. frequently asked questions. frequently answered questions.

	To post an inflammatory electronic article or to send inflammatory e-mail is to   char. flame. burn. singe.

	In the field of technology, SPAM is   a large amount of junk mail. a canned meat produced in Minnesota. a large space. All of the answers are correct.

	An entry or a file stored on the user's hard drive that stores user profiles is   a cookie. a pudding. a brownie. a chocolate cake.

	To electronically receive and transfer a file from a remote computer is to   upload. save. download. pack.

	Emoticons are   shortcuts on the keyboard to save documents. small graphic images produced using keyboard characters that writers substitute for facial expressions. substitutions for actual computer technology. shorthand for commonly used phrases.

	A hacker is   one who accesses computer files and systems illegally. one who cuts down trees. one who has a bad cough. a valued employee of a landscape company.

	A Web page that functions as an introduction or front door entrance to a Web site is   a vacation page. a working document. a text sheet. a homepage.

	An interactive document that permits users to follow links to other documents is   cyberspace. hypotext. hypertext. hyperspace.

	MIME stands for   Maine is Mostly Eagles. Minnesota is Mighty Eclectic. Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. Multiple Intelligence Might Erase.

	Software that combines words, graphics, sound, and video is   cookies. netiquette. hardware. multimedia.

	The appropriate behavior expected on the Internet is known as   netiquette. hardware. etiquette. multimedia

	A computer system that uses communication equipment to connect two or more computers is   a wave. a surfboard. a hacker. a network.

	RAM stands for   right and messy. random access memory. a truck. read only memory.

	ROM stands for   random access memory. right on the money. read only maybe. read only memory.

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