Quiz XI

Quiz XI

Home page
The main page of a web site. Typically, the home page serves as an index or table of contents to other documents stored at the site.

GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
Pronounced jiff or giff (hard g), a file format commonly used for images on the Web. GIFs are especially suitable for images composed of relatively few colors, such as logos or vector graphics.

GUI (Graphical User Interface)
A computer interface using icons or pictures. For example, Windows.*

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
The protocol used on the Internet for exchanging files. FTP is most commonly used to download a file from a server using the Internet or to upload a file to a server (e.g., uploading a web page file to a server).

F2F (face-to-face)
Term used to describe the traditional classroom environment.*

Broadband
A type of data transmission in which a single medium (wire) can carry several channels at once. Cable TV, for example, uses broadband transmission. Broadband technology can transmit data, audio, and video all at once over long distances.