Theme : Set expressions used in science and discovery. Handout What is technology?

Server – a computer or a program which provides services to other programs or users.
smartphone - a mobile phone that includes a palmtop computer or PDA and also gives access to Internet and email
USB - abbreviation of "universal serial bus"; a standardized connection for attaching devices to computers etc
USB flash drive - a small, external device for storing data; it connects through the USB socket.
virus - a small, unauthorized program that can damage a computer
Website – a set of interconnected weqwrtyb pages, usually including a homepage, generally located on the same server, and prepared and maintained as a collection of information by a person, group, or organization.
Wi-Fi - a system for communicating without wires over a computer network
Windows - an operating system used by the majority of PCs
World Wide Web, WWW, the Web - WWW are initials that stand for World Wide Web. The Web is one of the services available on the Internet. It lets you access millions of pages through a system of links. Because it is "world-wide", it was originally called the World Wide Web or WWW.


Activity 1. Basic Internet Vocabulary Quiz

1 HTML is an acronym of

A) High Tech Markup Language B) How To Markup Language
C) Hyper Text Markup Language D) HoT MeaL
2 URL is
A) Unique Routing Link B) Uniform Resource Locator
C) Universal Resource Locator D) Unix Real Link
3 HTTP is short for
A) HyperText Transfer Protocol B) HyperText Transfer Process
C) Homepage Text Talk Protocol D) Homepage Text Transfer Protocol
4 WWW stands for
A) Wild Weird Web B) Wide & Wet Web
C) World Working Web D) World Wide Web
5 Email is an abbreviation of
A) Electronic Mail B) Easy Mail
C) All of above D) Non of above
6 ISP is an acronym of
A) Internal Service Procedure B) Internet Service Procedure
C) Internet Service Provider D) Instant Service Protocol
7 Web Server is software for
A) analyzing Web traffic B) serving Web page upon user's request
C) crawling the Web D) Unix Operating System
8 FTP stands for
A) Full Text Processing B) File Transfer Program
C) File Transfer Process D) File Transfer Protocol
9 telnet is
A) a telephone network B) a teller network
C) a standard Internet protocol for remote login D) dialup program
10 LAN is an acronym of
A) Local Area Network B) Logical Analyzer
C) Link and Node D) None of above