R@v3n: May 2007

Thursday, May 17, 2007

3rd day of mid-term questions

1.What are Internet cookies? HTTP cookies, sometimes known as web cookies or just cookies, are parcels of text sent by a server to a web browser and then sent back unchanged by the browser each time it accesses that server.

2.What are packets? A packet consists of three elements: the first element the header, which marks the beginning of the packet and contains the source and destination IP Address; the second element is the payload, which contains the data to be carried inside the packet; the third element the trailer, which marks the end of the packet and conatins a checksum to find if the packet got corrupted during transmission.

3.What route do packets take over the Internet?Traceroute prints the route packets take across a TCP/IP. The names (or IP numbers if names are not available) of the machines which are routing packets from the machine traceroute is running on to the destination machine are printed, along with the time is took to receive a packet acknowledgement from that machine. This tool can be very helpfull in diagnosing networking problems. (from rpm description)

4.What is a 404 error on the web? The HTTP error message returned to the browser by the Web server when a requested Web page is not available.

5.What is 'e-commerce'?(Electronic-COMMERCE) Doing business online, typically via the Web.

6.What is the difference between ebay and craigslist?ebay is barreling its way into the lexicon of the new millennium and placing a cyber-grin on the corporate face of online auctioneer extraordinaire eBay, Craigslist (craigslist communities) is an online directory including classified ads and a community message board for specific urban areas.

7.What is SSL?(Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data.

8.What are the two major ways for home users to connect to the Internet via a high speed connection?

9.What is a T-1 line?A fractional T1 or T3 line is a T1 or T3 digital phone line in the North American T- carrier system that is leased to a customer at a fraction of its data-carrying capacity and at a correspondingly lower cost

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

IM DONE
http://davidcfreer.com/~Raven/RAVEN.htm

Monday, May 14, 2007

questions for the midterm

1. When were the following companies founded? (a) Google, (b) Microsoft, (c) Yahoo?
Google-1998.
Microsoft-
Yahoo-1994 or 1996

2. Who were the founders of each of those companies?
Sergey Brin and Larry Page found google.
3. Last year (2006), what did the following companies make in revenue (a) Google, (b) Microsoft, (c) Yahoo?

4. What is .NET?
a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange .

5. What is the Google Page Rank Algorithm? Basically, how are the placements of searches made?

6. Which company purchased Flickr.com?

7. Which company very recently purchased Chrysler?

8. What is the difference between a private equity company and a public corporation?

9. What is money coming in to a company? [Erase the incorrect answers.] (a) Accounts payable (b) Overhead (c) Wages (d) Revenue.

10. What is a share of stock?

11. What does Alcoa do? (a) Mine diamonds (b) Make computers (c) Mine aluminum (d) Accounting.

12. What does the abbreviation GE stand for?
The General Electric Company, or GE, is a multinational technology and services company.

13. What does the CEO do in a company?
The power, the salary, and the chance to Be The Boss.

14. What does the CFO do in a company?
Controllership duties,Treasury duties,and Economic strategy and forecasting.

15. What is the NYSE? NASDAQ?
NYSE is an auction market that uses floor traders to make most of its trades.
NASDAQ is not a physical entity

16. What does the board of directors do in a corporation?

Establishing and amending Bylaws
Issuing dividends
Approving major contracts or mergers
Making key decisions regarding real estate owned or managed by the corporation
Electing or appointing officers

17. What is an IPO?
A company’s first sale of stock to the public

18. Who edits Wikipedia?

19. What is Web 2.0?

20. What is a social network?

21. Which corporation owns Myspace.com?

22. How do Digg.com and Reddit.com work?

23. Why do people visit Monster.com?

24. What does FTP stand for?

25. What does HTTP mean?

26. What is the file extension for Flash media that is available to see online?

27. What is the file extension for Microsoft Word files?

28. What is the file extension for Microsoft Excel files?

29. What is the difference between Excel and Word?

30. What is the file extension for Microsoft PowerPoint?

31. How is Google Documents different from Microsoft Word and Excel?

32. What is Linux?

33. How does Linux differ from Microsoft Windows?

34. What is Adwords?

35. How would one profit from Adsense?