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Despite their larger size, national ISPs usually offer fewer services and have a smaller technical support staff than regional ISPs.

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A(n) ____________________ is an online area in which users have written discussions about a particular subject.

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Unlike higher-speed access, which is connected to the Internet the entire time the computer is running, with ____ a connection must be established to the Internet.

Critical Thinking Questions Case 1 You are taking an economics class, as part of which you are studying the various types of e-commerce. As part of your research, you've learned that vending machines in Japan allow shoppers to hold their cell phones in front of the machine in order to make a purchase using the smart phone. Which of the following types of commerce does this exemplify?

Identify the letter of the choice that best matches the phrase or definition.

A wireless portal is a portal specifically designed for ____.

A(n) ____ is a collaborative Web site that allows users to add to, modify, or delete the Web site content via their Web browser.

The group that assigns and controls top-level domains is the ____.

Podcasting is a popular method of distributing video.

Calls to other parties with the same Internet telephone service often are free.

A(n) ____________________ is a collection of related Web pages and associated items, such as documents and pictures, stored on a Web server.

To use IM, a user may have to install instant messenger software on the computer or device he or she plans to use.

____ enables users to speak to other users over the Internet using their desktop computer, mobile computer, or mobile device.

Podcasters register their podcasts with ____.

A user name can be the same as other user names in the same domain.

Figure 2-1 In Figure 2-1, which shows common ways to access the Internet, a(n) ____ is a company that provides access to users with Internet-enabled mobile devices.

____ is the process of transferring documents, graphics, and other objects from a computer to a server on the Internet.

Every domain name contains a master domain, which identifies the type of organization associated with the domain.

A chat ____ is a location on an Internet server that permits users to chat with each other.

Figure 2-2 A search engine, such as that shown in Figure 2-2, displays a list of ____________________, or Web page names, that contain the search text.