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____ is charged with such responsibilities as IP address allocation and domain name management.

A) National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
B) Web Consortium (W3C)
C) ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
D) Internet Society (ISOC)

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Buying and selling of stocks, bonds, and other types of securities is referred to as ____________________.

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____________________ enables individuals to create self-published, inexpensive Internet radio broadcasts, such as to share their knowledge, express their opinions on particular subjects, or share original poems, songs, or short stories with interested individuals.

The accompanying  figure shows the iGoogle ____ Web page.

In its early years, the Internet was used primarily by the government, scientists, and educational institutions.

____________________ connections keep you continually connected to your provider and, therefore, continually connected to the Internet whenever your computer or other device being used to access the Internet is on.

Online shopping and online investing are examples of ____.

Lack of feedback is a disadvantage of Web-based training and distance learning.

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions Case 8-2 Brenda is a college student who enjoys downloading music, movies, and television shows from the Internet. She also uses the Internet for other entertainment, such as sports. Because she is an avid baseball fan, Brenda has subscribed to the ____ feed of her local team so that news about her team is delivered to her as it becomes available.

A company that provides Web services is sometimes referred to as a(n) ____________________.

One of the most important skills an Internet user can acquire today is how to successfully publish databases on the Internet.

One objective of the ____ project was to create a computer network that would allow researchers located in different places to communicate with each other.

With their increased use and audiences, bloggers and the ____________________ (the complete collection of blogs on the Internet) are beginning to have increasing influence on businesses and politicians today.

FTP programs block access to a computer from outside computers and enable each user to specify which programs on his or her computer are allowed to have access to the Internet.

A strategy that is sometimes used with keywords is the wildcard approach.

Discuss the popular myth that someone controls the Internet.

The use of cookies provides no benefits to consumers.

Web conferences typically take place via a personal computer or mobile phone and are used by businesses and individuals.

A(n) e-diary is a Web page that contains short, frequently updated entries in chronological order.

Tim Berners-Lee proposed the idea of the World Wide Web .