Key Terms and Review (10/15/09)

Key terms:

URL— Uniform Resource Locator: The address of a Web site.

Domain-- A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as .com, .gov, or .net.

Network server-- A server that is a software designed to provide services to clients.

USB drives-- A portable storage device that stores data in flash memory and connects to a computer through a USB port.

Review:

1- Write the URL for your blog.
http://itgsfutureblog.blogspot.com/

2- What is a domain? Where does it appear in the URL?
A domain is the end of a website such as .com or .net or .gov and so on.

3- What is Boolean logic? How can you use it to find a passage of Beowulf in Old English?
You’d have to put AND or AND NOT in between words to search certain things in a wide topic. ex: Beowulf AND old english AND NOT viking history.

4- How is using the search engine helpful in different classes? Math? Arabic?
You can search things up from different countries that speak the language or you can search things under certain domains and different locations to get what you're looking for whether it's for studying Math or the Arabic language.

5- What is the purpose of a network server?
They share data, programs and other things. They store files and give access to the internet.

6- Pros and cons of USB drives?
+ --> When your computer is down, you can still save files and use it on other computers.
- --> It can crash and you can lose your files.