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A web _________ is a website that provides a variety of useful information and services to visitors, making them popular as browser home pages.

A) server
B) engine
C) portal
D) aggregator

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In some cases, _________ can be used to convey emotions in casual email messages.

A) spam
B) emoticons
C) attachments
D) protocols

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Since most browsers now have pop-up blockers built-in, few companies use pop-up advertisements today.

The _________ is a global system of linked, hypertext documents.

A _________, such as apple.com and whitehouse.gov, uniquely identifies a site and a brand on the Web.

A(n) _________ is a web page or small website that contains a series of chronological posts and comments.

List and briefly describe the three main categories of electronic commerce. Provide one example for each category.

Web-based documents are normally referred to as web pages.

A _________ is the broadcast of various types of media over the Web.

The earliest way in which most users connected to the Internet was using a 56Kbps _________ connection using their phone line.

The connections that carry most of the Internet's traffic are referred to as:

A _________ is a device that can convert digital information from a computer into analog sound waves that can be transmitted over the phone lines.

Many companies and specialty websites offer _________, or discussion boards, where individuals can ask questions and reply to each other.

The Internet is managed centrally by the United States government, as it was primarily developed in this country.

Explain the difference between first-party cookies and third-party cookies. Why are they used? Are there any privacy or security issues associated with them?

Web browsers keep a list of every website you have visited in an area known as the:

_________ is a system for exchanging messages through a computer network.

Web pages have a standard addressing system known as a(n) _________, which allows them to be located on the Internet.

In a category of games known as _________, millions of players connect to various servers to team up with other players in very large virtual worlds.

The _________ language, which was used in the first web page ever created, is still in use today.