Computer Knowledge
Internet and Web
1,617 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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An organization
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A commercial website
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A network site
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A site which has very high traffic
A
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Explanation
The .org domain extension is reserved for organizations, particularly non-profit organizations. It was one of the original top-level domains established in 1985. Commercial websites typically use .com, network sites use .net, and traffic level is not indicated by the domain extension. Many charities, educational institutions, and community organizations use .org domains.
B
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Amazon (www.amazon.com) is primarily an e-commerce platform and the world's largest online retailer, originally starting as a bookstore. Hotmail is an email service, Sun.com is (was) a technology company website, and MSN is a web portal. Among these options, Amazon is the only site where you would primarily go to buy books and other consumer goods.
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Microsoft
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Linux
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Netscape
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Kubunto
C
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Netscape Navigator, developed by Netscape Communications Corporation, was the first commercially successful web browser. It popularized the web in the mid-1990s before Internet Explorer's dominance, though Mosaic was the first popular browser.
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Mosiac
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Netscape
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Internet explorer
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none of the above
A
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Mosaic, developed at NCSA, was the first popular web browser that made the World Wide Web accessible to non-technical users. It featured a graphical interface and helped popularize the web in 1993, paving the way for Netscape.
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Domain Name Server
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Domain Naming Server
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Domains Naming Server
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Domain Name System
D
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DNS stands for Domain Name System, which translates human-readable domain names (like google.com) into machine-readable IP addresses (like 142.250.185.46). It's essentially the phonebook of the Internet.
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Safari
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Netscape navigator
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Firefox
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Opera
C
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Firefox's first logo was a phoenix, created when the browser was still called Phoenix and later Firebird. The logo featured a red/orange phoenix bird with wings spread. The other options - Safari, Netscape Navigator, and Opera - had different logos for their initial releases.
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32 words
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42 words
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52 words
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No limit
A
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Google Search traditionally imposed a 32-word limit on search queries. This technical restriction prevented excessively long queries from overloading the system. The limit has varied over time and in different Google products, but 32 words was the standard for many years.
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redbus
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thomascook
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yatra
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makemytrip
D
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MakeMyTrip used the tagline 'wish.click.go' in their marketing campaigns. This tagline emphasized the ease of booking travel through their online platform - just wish, click, and go.
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Java
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Adobe
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Microsoft
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Oracle
D
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Oracle's famous tagline from the late 1990s internet boom was 'Software Powers the Internet.' This marketing campaign emphasized Oracle's database and enterprise software infrastructure role in powering the growing internet economy.
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Yet Another Hierarchy of Officious Oracle
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Yet Another Hierarchy of Official Oracle
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Yet Another Hierarchy of Oracle Officious
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Yet Another Hierarchy of Oracle Official
A
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YAHOO stands for 'Yet Another Hierarchy of Officious Oracle.' The term 'officious' means meddlesome or intrusive, referring to how the directory organizes information. This is a classic technology trivia question about internet history and web portals from the 1990s dot-com era.
C
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Microsoft's official support site uses the subdomain structure support.microsoft.com. The main microsoft.com is for general company information, while mssupport.com and microsoft.support.com are not official Microsoft support domains.
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Chrome
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Bing
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Twitter
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Orkut
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Orkut
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MySpace
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Hi5
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Facebook
D
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Facebook (D) is correct. In 2003, Mark Zuckerberg and dormmates created Facemash at Harvard, a 'hot or not' rating site that hacked Harvard's house database for photos. It was shut down for privacy violations, but this experience directly led to the 2004 launch of TheFacebook (later Facebook). Orkut (A) was Google's, MySpace (B) was already established, and Hi5 (C) was a separate social network.
B
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When an email is forwarded, the original sender typically cannot track where it has been forwarded to. The forwarding happens at the recipient's email server or client level, and the original sender has no visibility into this action. Email forwarding is designed to be transparent to senders.
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True
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False
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Depends on MIME type
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What the hell you are talking?
A
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You can track email forwarding through various technical means. Email headers contain 'Received' fields showing forwarding hops, and forwarding services often add 'X-Forwarded-For' or similar headers. Additionally, tracking pixels, read receipts, and forwarded message notifications in email clients can reveal forwarding activity. The question format is unusual with option D being informal, but the statement is technically accurate - email forwarding leaves traceable artifacts.