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Internet and Web

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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 Internet Service Provider is

  1. an organization that provides services for accessing, using, or participating in the Internet

  2. an organization that provides services for purchasing the resources for retail sector

  3. an organization that provides services for using internet for business purposes

  4. an organization that provides services for removing viruses in softwares
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An ISP provides the users services for accessing, using or participating in the internet

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Status bar in a website shows

  1. the status of loading the website

  2. the status of the number of files in a user's system

  3. the status of a particular process that is ongoing, when the website is loading

  4. the status of background processes ongoing at the backend
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Status bar in a website will depict the status of the current work (loading a website) that is being done 

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The software needed to access the world wide web is

  1. Browser

  2. Windows

  3. Internet

  4. http://
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World Wide Web (WWW) is the fastest growing part of the internet. This constitutes a collection of resources used for a variety of purposes such as computing, browsing, searching, etc and can be accessed by a software known as BROWSER

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Internet is the result of an experiment used to

  1. create a computer network, that would continue to work in the event of a disaster

  2. create a computer network, that can be used to track UFOs

  3. create a computer network, that can be used to save files

  4. create a computer network, that can be used to do scientific computations
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The internet originated from ARPANET, a project funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, with the primary goal of creating a decentralized network that could remain functional even if parts of the network were destroyed in a disaster.

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Internet addresses must always have at least

  1. a country name or organization type

  2. internet service providers name

  3. name of organization

  4. name of individual
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C Correct answer
Explanation

An internet address (domain name) must contain the name of the organization or entity, followed by a top-level domain (like .com, .org, or .gov) to be valid and reachable.

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The facilities available in the internet are :
(i) E-mail
(ii) Remote login
(iii) File transfer
(iv) Word processing

  1. (i), (ii), (iii)

  2. (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

  3. (i), (ii), (iv)

  4. (ii), (iii), (iv)
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Through the internet, we can remotely login a device easily, transfer files and mail someone but word processing doesn't require internet facility it is already there as a application software.

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Desirable properties of a website are  

  1. a meaningful address

  2. Help and search facilities

  3. Links to related sites

  4. Features to allow users to give feedback
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Explanation

While a meaningful address and feedback features are helpful, help and search facilities are considered essential for usability, allowing users to navigate large amounts of content effectively.

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The computer jargon - WWWW, stands for 

  1. World Wide Web Worm

  2. World Wide Wildlife Web

  3. World Wide Women's Web

  4. World Wide Women's Week
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The World-Wide Web Worm (WWWW) is the first search engine for the World-Wide Web, though it was not released until March 1994, by which time a number of other search engines had been made publicly available.

It was developed in September 1993 by Oliver McBryan at the University of Colorado. The worm created a database of 300,000 multimedia objects which could be obtained or searched for keywords via the WWW. In contrast to present-day search engines, the WWWW featured support for Perl regular expressions.

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Speed post is a means of ____________.

  1. Email service

  2. Internet service

  3. Telegraph service

  4. Postal service
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Speed post is means of India’s postal service. Speed post is nothing but the deliverable commodity is delivered more quickly than the normal time it usually takes. They are more reliable and faster.

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What does HTTP stand for?

  1. Hypertext Transfer Protocol

  2. Hypertext Traffic Protocol

  3. Hyper Transfer Text Protocol

  4. Hyper Transfer Traffic Protocol
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HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol, which is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web.