1. Expand the following terms –
Answer: Important terms related to Networking are
- WWW – World Wide Web,
- WAN – Wide Area Network
- IM – Instant Messaging
- HTTP – Hypertext Transfer Protocol,
- ASP – Active Server Pages
- CGI – Common Gateway Interface
- TCP/IP – Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
- SMTP – Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- POP3 – Post Office Protocol 3
- HTTPS – Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
- URL – Uniform Resource Locator
- MSIE – Microsoft Internet Explorer
- NNTP – Network News Transfer Protocol
- FTP – File Transfer Protocol
- VoIP – Voice Over Interner Protocol
- e-mail – Electronic Mail
- ISP – Internet Service Provider
- CC – Carbon copy
- BCC – Blind Carbon Copy
- SFTP – Secure File Transfer protocol
- SSH – Secure SHell
- SCP – Secure CoPy
- ICQ – I seek you
- IRC – Internet Relay Chat
- SMS – Short Message Service
- MMS – Multimedia Messaging Service
- 3G – Third Generation
- 4G – Fourth Generation
2. What are Newsgroups?
Answer: A newsgroup is an online community bulletin board, where users can post messages, respond to posted messages, or just read them.
3. Write one advantage and one limitation of e-mail over traditional mail.
Answer: Advantage: Email is extremely cost-effective.
Limitation: One needs specific hardware e.g., a computer to send/receive emails.
4. Name the two main parts of the e-mail address with the help of one example.
Answer: Two main parts of email address are : (i) User name (ii) Domain name of the host server. e.g., in email id info@mycstutorial.in, the user name is info and domain name of the host server is mycstutorial.in
5. Even if you do not own a computer, how can you still send and receive e-mails using your own account?
Answer: By using a computer hired for an hour or so from an Internet Cafe/Cyber Cafe.
6. Identify web addresses and e-mail addresses from the following–
(i) www.kool.com (ii) Raga100@rediffmail.com
(iii) www.hotspider.co.in (iv) 123hotshot@elixir.co.in
Answer: Web Addresses : (i) and (iii)
e-Mail Addresses – (ii) & (iv)
7. Give any two websites used to send e-mail?
Answer: gmail.com, yahoo.com, rediffmail.com
8. Identify web addresses and e-mail addresses from the following–
(i)www.scrapbook.com (ii) aba@scrapbook.com
(iii) www.countrywide.co.in (iv) 123@hotshot.co.in
Answer: Web Addresses : (i) and (iii)
e-Mail Addresses – (ii) & (iv)
9. Give an example of email address and explain each part of it.
Answer: Uploading soon
10. Distinguish between a Web address and an e-mail address with example .
Answer: Uploading soon
11. Why is e-mail so popular over conventional mail ?
Answer: Uploading soon
12. What is protocol? Name any one protocol used on the Internet.
Answer: Protocol is a set of rules followed in communication.
HTTP is one protocol used on Internet.
13. Explain briefly video conferencing.
Answer: Process of conducting a conference between two or more participants at different sites by using computer networks to transmit audio and video data, is called video conferencing.
14. State one advantage of video conferencing over personal face-to-face business meetings.
Answer: It allows one to interact face to face with many people without being at same place.
15. How does FTP work?
Answer: FTP works on the principle of client/server computing. Client-server session established between FTP server and FTP client for FTP to work,
16. Distinguish between downloading and uploading files.
Answer: Downloading refers to the process of transferring files from a net server onto one’s local machine.
Uploading refers to the process of transferring files from one’s local machine onto a server. It is the opposite process of downloading,