3.5 Internet terms
Choose the best words to complete the sentences.
1. "The website gets 3 thousand hits a week" means the website has a thousand_a week.
a. sales b. visits c. search engine matches
2. The words, images and other material that make up a website are called_.
a. the contents b. the content c. the filling
3. Designs and drawings in websites are usually called.
a. web pictures b. web graphics c. web illustrations
4. Moving pictures in websites are usually called
a. cartoons b. movies c. animations
5. Websites with sounds and/or video clips and/or animations have_content.
a. multimedia b. many-media c. mixed-media
6. A space in a website where you enter information (address, password etc.) is called a. a. box b. strip c. field
7. A hyperlink (see 3.3} is often called just.
a. a link b. a hyper c. an HL
8. In real time (see 3.4) means.
a. during working hours b, instantly c. in British Standard Time
9. A place with computers for public internet use is usually called an internet cafe or_.
even if they don't serve coffee.
a, web cafe b. computer cafe c. cyber cafe
10. Internet cafes offer internet_.
a. connection b. availability c. access
11. A program that adds functions to a browser (eg Shockwave) is called a.
a. plug b. plugged-in c. plug-in
12. Temporary internet files are stored in the.
a. cash b. cache c. cashe
13. Colours which all browsers can display without problems are called_colours.
a. browser safe b. browser acceptable c. browser easy
For reference see A & C Black Dictionary of Computing (978 07475 6622 9).
3. 7 internet security
A. Choose the best words to go into each of the spaces.
1. A person who illegally accesses somebody else's computer over the internet is called a
a. pirate                           b. hack                            c. hacker 2. A website which (in theory) cannot be accessed by a hacker is_.
a. strong b. secure c. clean
3. A website which can only be viewed by authorised people has_access.
a. reduced b. small c. restricted
4. Unwanted advertising emails are popularly known as_.
a. meatloaf b. spam c. sausages
5, Software which blocks attempts by others to access your computer over the internet is called a
a. firewall b. fire blanket c. fire engine
6. It's essential to_your anti-virus protection regularly.
a. up-to-date b. date c. update
7. Anti-virus software can_your computer for viruses.
a. detect b. review c. scan
8. Anti-virus software can also_viruses on removable media, such as floppy disks.
a. detect b. control c. see
9. When your anti-virus software subscription_...
a. ends b. stops c, expires
10. ... it's a good idea to_it immediately.
a. renew b. renovate c. replace
B. Match the malware with the damage. (It's not easy, and the terms are sometimes confused with each other.)
1. virus a. collects and sends private information from the infected
computer to a third party
2. spyware b. an undesirable program which can replicate itself across a
network
3. trojan horse c. allows a hacker to access private information when he/she
wishes
4. keystroke logger or keylogger    d. a program which adds itself to an executable file, and can
cause considerable damage to the data on the infected computer
5. worm e. records characters that are typed into a computer
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For reference see A & C Black Dictionary of Computing (378 07475 6622 9).