Internet and Web

Microsoft's search engine is called Bing. It was launched in 2009 and remains Microsoft's primary web search service. The other options (Hing, Loogle) are fictional or misspelled names of competing services.

Hypertext refers to text displayed on a computer that contains links to other text or pages. A clickable word or phrase that directs you to another location is a hyperlink, which is the core component of hypertext.

URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator, which is the formal technical term for a web address. HTTP is the protocol used to transfer data, and FTP is for file transfers. GRL is not a standard web term.

Bookmarking a page saves the URL to a list within your browser, allowing you to return to it easily without having to memorize the address. Refreshing just reloads the current page, and saving the page stores the content locally.

The 'Stop' button (typically represented by an X) in web browsers halts the loading of the current page. This is useful when a page is loading slowly, when you've changed your mind, or when you realize you don't need the full content. The Refresh button reloads the page, Go navigates to a URL, and Home takes you to your start page.

In internet etiquette (netiquette), writing in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS is conventionally interpreted as shouting. It's considered aggressive or rude because it's harder to read and visually loud. This convention dates back to early online communication systems and persists in modern messaging.

The 'History' feature in a web browser maintains a chronological log of all websites visited. Bookmarks are for saved favorites, and the Edit menu is for text manipulation. History is the specific tool for tracking past browsing activity.

Google Chrome has consistently ranked among the fastest browsers in benchmarks due to its V8 JavaScript engine and efficient rendering. However, browser performance varies by test methodology, version, and system - 'latest ratings' is temporally vague.

In 2007, Viacom sued Google (YouTube's owner) demanding that YouTube reveal the viewing habits of its users. Viacom claimed $1 billion in damages for copyright infringement. This was a major privacy and intellectual property case.

Mozilla Firefox has always been free and open-source, making it the most consistently free browser among the options. Netscape Navigator was free only for non-commercial use, while Internet Explorer was bundled with Windows but not standalone free. The term 'free internet browser' refers to browsers available at no cost to users.

Yahoo! indeed stands for 'Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle'. The name was coined by founders Jerry Yang and David Filo in 1994, reflecting its early purpose as a hierarchical directory of web pages. This well-known expansion is a classic piece of internet trivia.

Archie (1990) is widely recognized as the first internet search engine, created by Alan Emtage at McGill University. It predated the World Wide Web and searched FTP archives. ARPANET was the network itself, not a search engine, while Internet Explorer and Bing came much later.

iGoogle was Google's personalized homepage service (2005-2013) that allowed users to customize their start page with widgets, news feeds, weather, and other content. The name 'iGoogle' followed the naming convention of Apple's 'i' products, denoting a personalized, individualized experience.

A web address (URL/URI) uniquely identifies a specific resource on the Internet. While URLs can point to individual pages, images, or files, 'Website' is the best answer among the options. Browsers are software to access websites, links are connections between resources, and PDAs are devices - none of these are what a web address identifies.