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Assignment #1

Getting to Know the Web (Write your answers in BLUE)

1. What is an ISP? Give 3 existing examples.

Internet Service provider. Like Earthlinks,Roadrunner, and DSL

2. What are 3 different ways a computer can connect itself to the Internet? satilite

Phone link. Cable link. Satilite

3. Which is the fastest and which is the slowest of the three in your answer to number 2.

#1 Cable #2Phone #3wireless

4. What is a baud rate?

Is the number of symbols per second transferred.

5. What unit of measurement is associated with a baud rate?

Bit rate

6. If you have a 56K modem, what is the quickest time a 1 megabyte file can be transferred?

it would take 2.38 minutes.

7. Define what a web page is.

A web page is a document on the world wide web.

8. What is the World Wide Web?

www is a global information space which people can read-from and write-to via a large number of different Internet-connected devices.

9. What is a browser? Give 3 examples of browsers that exist.

A browser is a application used to locate Web pages.Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer, and Earthlinks.

10. What are some programs on the computer here at Jefferson (e-Macs) that allow you to create a web page besides Dreamweaver? (You must find at least 3 programs that do)

Flash,Word,and Text edit

11. What is the difference between HTMLand XHTML?

HyperText Markup Language HTML is a markup language designed for the creation of web pages with hypertext and other information to be displayed in a web browser. Extensible HyperText Markup Language, or XHTML, is a markup language that has the same expressive possibilities as HTML, but a stricter syntax.

12. How many files would you need in your homepage folder if you had a webpage that had some text, three pictures and a movie clip all showing all in one page.

5 Files.