Internet Terminology - Scavenger Hunt

Go to the following web site to answer the following questions: www.bpl.org/kids/aboutinternet.htm

1. What can a browser be compared to?

2. What does an Internet service provider supply a computer user with?

3. What are 3 different Web addresses/URLs (like .com) that you might see on the internet?

4. Explain what netiquette is.

5. How would you list the information about this web page in a Bibliography?

6. Where is Cyberspace?

7. Type an example of a �smiley� but don�t use the happy face.

8. TCP/IP is the _____________ of the internet.

9. What does HTTP stand for?

10. Where on the internet can you post a message for other people on the Internet to see (besides email)?

11. What is a bookmark used for on while you are on the Internet?

12. What is a �spider� on the internet?

13. List 5 words that have a 2 meanings - one in the computer world and one in the regular world of the English language, and define what the word means in the computer world?

For example: mouse - the device that you click to select something on your screen
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