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                       ISP: It stands for Internet Service Provider. It is a company
                     that provides Internet access on payment of a monthly fee.                                                             Exercise
                     Some  of  the  ISPs  are         Vodafone  Idea,  Airtel,  BSNL,  (Bharat                                              A.  Tick ( ) the correct option.

                     Sanchar Nigam Limited), MTNL (Mahanagar Telephone Nigam                                                                     1.  What is the unique address of a website known as?

                     Limited.), Jio, etc.
                                                                                                                                                      a.  Hyperlink                                  b.  Email

                                 Clickipedia                                                                                                         c.  URL                                         d.  Wi-Fi


                                                                                                                                                 2.   Which of the following is a photo & video sharing social networking site now owned by
                      Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology to provide wireless high-speed Internet                                      Facebook?
                      and network connections.
                                                                                                                                                      a.  X                                          b.  YouTube

                                                                                                                                                     c.  Web Browser                                 d.  Instagram
                         COMMON TERMS                                                                                                            3.  What is required to transfer digital information over telephone lines?


                  Some common terms related to Internet are as follows:                                                                               a.  Router                                     b.  Modem
                       URL:  It  stands  for  Uniform  Resource  Locater.  It  is  the  unique  address  of  a  website,                             c.  Web Browser                                 d.  ISP

                     such as www.google.com, www.rediffmail.com, etc.
                                                                                                                                                 4.  Which of these is NOT a requirement for an Internet connection?
                       Hyperlink: It is a link on a text or on an image, which on clicking takes the user to the
                     another location. These are highlighted and underlined text which changes the mouse                                              a.  Computer System                            b.  ISP

                     pointer to a hand pointer (      ) when mouse pointer is placed over these links.                                               c.  Search Engine                               d.  Telephone and Cable Lines
                       Offline: When the user works on a system without the Internet connection then it is                                  B.  Fill in the blanks using the words given below:
                     called offline.

                       Online: When the user works on a system with the Internet connection then it is called                                                       Google, Uploading, E-mail, Internet Service Provider
                     online.
                                                                                                                                                 1.   The full form of ISP is                .
                       Surfing:  Moving  from  one  website  to  another  or  one  webpage  to  another  is  called
                     surfing.                                                                                                                    2.   YouTube is a video-sharing platform created in 2005 and later bought by                   .

                       Website: A collection of related webpages is called a website.                                                            3.   The process of copying data from the client computer to the host computer is called
                                                                                                                                                                       .
                       Web page: A single online page related to a topic is called a web page.
                                                                                                                                                 4.                     is an online communication system that allows sending and receiving
                            Recap                                                                                                                    electronic messages.

                                                                                                                                            C.  Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false.

                         Internet is a global network of millions of computers and computer networks all

                        over the world.                                                                                                          1.   A website is a collection of related web pages.

                         The various uses  of  Internet  are E-mail, Information,  Online  Shopping,  Online                                     2.   Online chatting is the process of buying and selling products through Internet.

                        Chatting, Downloading Data and Uploading Data.
                                                                                                                                                 3.   YouTube was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004.

                         The  things  required  for  having  an  Internet  connection  are computer  system,

                        telephone and cable lines, modem, web browser and ISP.                                                                   4.  The modem stands for Modulator-Demodulator.




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