Quiz Show Technology Terms Version as of 3/9/07

Vocabulary Quiz Board Acronyms True / False Multiple Choice AnythingPeople $100 $200 $300 $400 $500

Acronyms - $100  www  Link Link

Acronyms - $200  GUI  Link Link

Acronyms – 3  WYSIWYG  Link Link

Acronyms - 4  AOL  Link Link

Acronyms - 5  TCP/IP  Link Link

Acronyms $100  World Wide Web  First released in 1991

Acronyms $200  The Acronym for Graphical User Interface  Pictures rather than words to help navigate the web

Acronyms $300  The Acronym for the phrase “What You See is What You Get”  A phrase used to let people know that what they saw on their computer screen document was what they would get on the printed output. Prior to desktop publishing fonts and other nice things would not print.

Acronyms $400  American Online  Major Internet Service Provider – Brought the Internet Service into homes

Acronyms $500  Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol  A language computers on the Internet use to communicate with each other.  Divides information into packets and sends them over the Internet and then the protocal makes sure all packets arrive safely.

True False for $100  President Kennedy got ARPANET started in the late 50’s due to the Soviet Unions Space flight  Link Link

True False Answer $100  False  Eisenhower

True False for $200  Tim Berners Lee wrote TCP/IP and is the father of the Internet  Link Link

True False Answer $200  False

True False for $300  Spread Spectrum theory was based on a patent created by a famous Movie Star and her friend during World War II.  It is used for cell phones and also was an early way to get access to Internet for Rural America Link

True False Answer for $300 – True – Hedy Lamarr

True False $400  What was the name of the first browser software A. Internet Explorer B. Mosaic C. Safari D. Firefox E. None of the above  Link Link

True False Answer for $400  B. Mosaic  First came on the scene in 1993 and took the Internet by storm  Later became Netscape

OPPS Multiple Choice for $500  Which of these states had a lot of Nerds helping out with the evolution of the Internet? A. Illinois B. Florida C. California D. Texas  Link Link

True False Answer for $500  Your Home State CALIFORNIA!!!

Multiple Choice for $100  Java is A. a small text file that is stored on your computer containing information so that a web site can keep track of you B. a high level object oriented programming language that was developed to work on all platforms in order to create a common language for “smart appliances” C. a scripting language that is used to create dynamic web pages. D. A small chunk of data that is sent across the Internet and reassembled at its’ destination. Link

Multiple Choice Answer for $100 B - a high level object oriented programming language that was developed to work on all platforms in order to create a common language for “smart appliances”B - a high level object oriented programming language that was developed to work on all platforms in order to create a common language for “smart appliances” Created by Sun Microsytems – James GoslingCreated by Sun Microsytems – James Gosling Is the language for high school AP Computer Science.Is the language for high school AP Computer Science.

Multiple Choice for $200  The largest computer network in the world is A. The World Wide Web B. The router C. Internet D. None of the above  Link Link

Multiple Choice Answer for $200  C. Internet

Multiple Choice for $300  Who owns the Internet A. the U.S. government B. the World Wide Web Consortium C. No One D. Microsoft  Link Link

Multiple Choice Answer for $300  C. No One  It has been developed by a variety of technologies over the years.  It has been touted as spreading democracy even though there are also a lot of troubling things on the Internet.

Multiple Choice for $400  The World Wide Web is a part of the Internet? A. true B. false – Link Link

Multiple Choice Answer for $400 – A – True – The Internet was invented before the WWW. The WWW made the Internet easier to navigate. – The Internet is more than just the WWW

Multiple Choice for $500  The World Wide Web Consortium is responsible for A. running the Internet networks B. registering domain names C. creating firewalls D. standardizing the codes used for HTML Link

Multiple Choice Answer for $500  D. Standardizing the codes used for HTML

Anything for $100  A _______________ is a specialized device that regulates traffic on the Internet and picks the most efficient path  a. TCP/IP  b. DSL  c. Router  d. Domain  Link Link

Anything Answer for $100  C – Router – first one was called an IMP  Cisco Systems has made billions selling routers

Anything for $200  Each web page has its own unique address that allows people that know the name to instantly display the web page. What is it called.  Link Link

Anything Answer for $200  URL – Uniform Resource Locator.  Example –

Anything for $300  Packets travel across the Internet in small chunks and may or may not go on the same path. A. True B. False  Link Link

Anything Answer for $300  A True

Anything for $400  A language that is used to allow computers on the internet to communicate with each other is called  a. TCP/IP  b. WWW  c. DSL  d. none of the above  Link Link

Anything Answer for $400  A. TCP/IP  Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn won the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award in For transforming global commerce, entertainment and communication via the Internet. Medal of Freedom AwardMedal of Freedom Award

Anything for $500  What four things were stated in class as having really increased the number of people on the Internet in the early 90’s A. Browser, Java, Domain Names, B. Commercial use of the Internet, WWW, Browser, C. Java, WWW, Routers, google D. Routers, Java, Browser, Youtube E. Commercial use of the Internet, Domain Name, Browser  Link Link

Anything Answer for $500  B. –Commercial Use –got business involved. –WWW – gave unique names to all web pages –Browser – Gave a graphical user interface to navigate more smoothly. – – the killer application of the Internet

True /false – Bonus Question - $600  ????  Link Link

People Answer for $100  Which president helped get ARPANET started and in what decade  Link Link

Bonus Answer for $100 Bonus Answer for $100 Crowd Sourcing is a. Creating

People for $200  Who invented the World Wide Web?  Link Link

People Answer for $200  Tim Berners-Lee

People for $300  Who are the fathers’ of the Internet  Link Link

People Answer for $300  Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn

Company for $400  What company made a much better product than the IMP and what is the device called?  This company makes the device that regulates traffic on the Internet and picks the best path.  Link Link

Company Answer for $400  Cisco Systems  Router

People for $500  Did Bill Gates or Steve Jobs invent the Internet?  Link Link

People Answer for $500  Neither  ARPA invented the first version of the Internet and it was called ARPANET.  First connection in  First letter sent was “L” for login  The first 4 IMPs were at UCLA, UC Stata Barbara, Standford, and University of Utah.  GO California!