Monday, November 19, 2001		Compuquiz

Compuquiz — 58

1.Name the protocol used by client and server software to carry USENET postings back and forth over a TCP/IP network.

2.What do we call any single computer connected to a network?

3.Name the method used to move data around on the Internet.

4.What do we call a code used to gain access to a locked system?

5.What do we call a (usually small) piece of software that adds features to a larger piece of software?

6.POP has two commonly used meanings. One is Post Office Protocol. Which is the other?

7.What does 'port' mean in terms of Internet?

8.Name the well-known protocol that allows a computer to use a regular telephone line and a modem to make TCP/IP connections.

9.What is the technical term for the regular old-fashioned telephone system?

10.What do you understand by the acronym RFC?

1.Unique IP number consisting of 4 parts separated by dots.

2.True

3.True

4.ISP (Internet Service Provider)

5.Java

6.LiveScript. The name was changed to JavaScript to cash in on the popularity of Java.

7.Java Development Kit

8.One kilobyte

9.L-Soft International, Inc.

10.A (usually automated) system that allows people to send e-mail to one address, whereupon their message is copied and sent to all of the other subscribers to the maillist.

1.Rashmi Gandhi
Patiala

2.Gautam Jain
Shimla

3.Vijay Garg
Chandigarh

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