NEW APPLICATIONS WEB
DEVELOPMENT IN THE 21ST
CENTURY UNIT 1 TEST
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Danstan
,analog - Answers: a type of translation device
bitmapping - Answers: information in graphics that designates an image based on graphic placement of
small squares or bits of color or shade; decreasing the size of the bit increases the number of bits in an
area and therefore provides a larger amount of information, creating a higher resolution
brainstorming - Answers: a kind of open-ended thinking about ideas and concepts
centralized Internet - Answers: an Internet structure that would be like spokes on a wheel spanning out
from a central computer source
context - Answers: ways in which a person or object is influenced by the surrounding environment
continuum - Answers: a span or range of related experiences, often over a period of time
decentralized Internet - Answers: an Internet structure that would be like a tree that has various
outlying branches with their own centers, all of which are connected to a main trunk
deconstruct - Answers: to take something apart to find out how it may have been created
distributive Internet - Answers: an Internet structure, like the Internet we have today, that makes it
possible to cross-connect in unlimited ways
dumb terminal - Answers: meaning can vary, but usually means that the terminal has specific known
limitations
modem - Answers: a translation device that converts a digital signal into sound pulses or vice versa
resolution - Answers: a measurement of quality and clarity; higher resolution contains more information
symbiosis - Answers: a state of interdependence in which one party cannot live without the other
, distributive Internet - Answers: has the ability to cross-connect in unlimited ways
decentralized Internet - Answers: like a tree that has various outlying branches with its own centers that
are connected to a main trunk
centralized Internet - Answers: like spokes on a wheel spanning out from a central computer source
networking - Answers: Complete the following sentence.
Most sources consider the ARPA-NET project the birth of computer
_______________________________.
translation device - Answers: The definition of an "analog device" is that it is a type of
______________________________________________________________________________.
bitmapping device
constructive device
deconstructive device
translation device
dial-up modem - Answers: Unlike the broadband digital connectivity of today, most interconnection
between computers prior to 1995 was done via _____________________________________.
dial-up modem
ARPA modem
digital modem
analog modem
DEVELOPMENT IN THE 21ST
CENTURY UNIT 1 TEST
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Danstan
,analog - Answers: a type of translation device
bitmapping - Answers: information in graphics that designates an image based on graphic placement of
small squares or bits of color or shade; decreasing the size of the bit increases the number of bits in an
area and therefore provides a larger amount of information, creating a higher resolution
brainstorming - Answers: a kind of open-ended thinking about ideas and concepts
centralized Internet - Answers: an Internet structure that would be like spokes on a wheel spanning out
from a central computer source
context - Answers: ways in which a person or object is influenced by the surrounding environment
continuum - Answers: a span or range of related experiences, often over a period of time
decentralized Internet - Answers: an Internet structure that would be like a tree that has various
outlying branches with their own centers, all of which are connected to a main trunk
deconstruct - Answers: to take something apart to find out how it may have been created
distributive Internet - Answers: an Internet structure, like the Internet we have today, that makes it
possible to cross-connect in unlimited ways
dumb terminal - Answers: meaning can vary, but usually means that the terminal has specific known
limitations
modem - Answers: a translation device that converts a digital signal into sound pulses or vice versa
resolution - Answers: a measurement of quality and clarity; higher resolution contains more information
symbiosis - Answers: a state of interdependence in which one party cannot live without the other
, distributive Internet - Answers: has the ability to cross-connect in unlimited ways
decentralized Internet - Answers: like a tree that has various outlying branches with its own centers that
are connected to a main trunk
centralized Internet - Answers: like spokes on a wheel spanning out from a central computer source
networking - Answers: Complete the following sentence.
Most sources consider the ARPA-NET project the birth of computer
_______________________________.
translation device - Answers: The definition of an "analog device" is that it is a type of
______________________________________________________________________________.
bitmapping device
constructive device
deconstructive device
translation device
dial-up modem - Answers: Unlike the broadband digital connectivity of today, most interconnection
between computers prior to 1995 was done via _____________________________________.
dial-up modem
ARPA modem
digital modem
analog modem
