Computer Knowledge
Internet and Web
1,557 Questions
The Internet and Web encompass global networks, web portals, browsers, and online communication tools. This hub provides questions on basic internet concepts, email structures, and web terminology. Strong knowledge here is vital for scoring well in computer awareness sections.
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Internet and Web Questions
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Transilerate
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Change my Lang
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Yahoo translate
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Babel Fish
D
Correct answer
Explanation
Babel Fish was Yahoo's online translation service, similar to Google Translate. It was launched in 1999 and later shut down in 2012. The service was named after the Babel fish from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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Ymail
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EasyMail
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RocketMail
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BuzzMail
C
Correct answer
Explanation
Yahoo acquired RocketMail in 1997 and used it as the foundation for Yahoo Mail, so RocketMail is historically considered another name for the service.
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content only
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associates only
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content and associates
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content and people
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What I Know Is
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When I Know Is
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Why I Know Is
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Where I Know Is
A
Correct answer
Explanation
WIKI is often backronymed as 'What I Know Is'. A backronym is an acronym invented after the fact to explain a word - WIKI comes from Hawaiian meaning 'fast' or 'quick', not from this phrase.
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Be It Never Google
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Because It's Not Giant
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Be It Never Giant
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Because It's Not Google
D
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Explanation
BING is backronymed as 'Because It's Not Google'. This is a humorous reference to Google being the dominant search engine, and Microsoft positioning Bing as the alternative.
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NAUKRI.COM
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TIMESJOB.COM
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MONSTER.COM
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LINKDLN.COM
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Chatterbot
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internet bots
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Spambot
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IRC bot
B
Correct answer
Explanation
Internet bots (also called web bots or WWW robots) are automated scripts used to detect and remove vandalism from Wikipedia. They can quickly identify obvious vandalism, spam, or malicious edits and revert them. Chatterbots are for conversation, spambots send spam, and IRC bots operate on chat channels - none are designed for Wikipedia vandalism control.
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wikipedia
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wikimapia
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google
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yahoo
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orkut
B
Correct answer
Explanation
'Let's describe the whole world' was WikiMapia's tagline, reflecting their mission to create a detailed map of the entire world through user contributions. WikiMapia combines mapping with collaborative descriptions, distinguishing it from Wikipedia's encyclopedia approach or search engines like Google and Yahoo.
D
Correct answer
Explanation
The Collabnet address for this Deutsche Bank project is http://www.dbcde.com. This is the specific internal or partner portal configured for the project team's collaboration needs. Options A and B point to the generic Collabnet company website, and option C points to CNET (a technology news site), none of which would be the correct project-specific collaboration portal.
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facebook
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orkut
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rediffmail
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hi5
B
Correct answer
Explanation
This question asks about a tagline associated with a social network. Orkut's tagline was 'Who Do You Know?' reflecting its focus on connecting with known people.
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GOOGLE SIDEWIKI
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GOOGLE COMMENT
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COOMENT ANYWHERE
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BLOGGER SERVICES
A
Correct answer
Explanation
Google Sidewiki was a browser toolbar feature (2009-2011) that allowed users to add comments to any webpage, visible to other Sidewiki users. It was part of Google's effort to enable web-wide discussion. 'Comment Anywhere' describes the concept but 'Google SideWiki' was the actual product name.
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Bahu
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Yahoo! Mash
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Yahoo! Kickstart
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Flickr
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Some websites are not informative.
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All websites are useful.
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None
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Both
A
Correct answer
Explanation
Valid syllogism: All informative things are useful (informative ⊆ useful). Some websites are not useful (websites ∩ useful ≠ websites). Since some websites fall outside the useful set and all informative things are inside it, those websites cannot be informative, meaning some websites are not informative.
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Services to manage unstructured content that is delivered over the Internet
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Services to manage unstructured content that is delivered over the Intranet
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Services to manage structured content that is delivered over the Intranet
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Services to manage structured content that is delivered over the Internet
A
Correct answer
Explanation
Web Content Management refers to services that manage unstructured content (web pages, documents, media) delivered over the Internet. This is the standard definition of WCM systems. Intranets typically use different document management systems, and WCM deals with unstructured, not structured content.