Quiz #1
Basic Terms and Stuff
What is a gif file?
- A gif is the thing they make Giffy Peanut Butter from
- A picture image file format commonly used on the internet
- Something you get on your birthday and Christmas.
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What is a jpeg file?
- The other graphic standard commonly used on the internet.
- Very similar to a round peg except it has a hook on the end.
- Some folks like to build without using any metal nails. In this case they have to use wooden jpegs to hold J's together.
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What is compression?
- That thing that goes out in your car engine when the block is cracked or the rings are worn out.
- A technique in art composition in which the visual area of the image is pressed toward the edge of the canvas creating a dynamic visual tension between composition and negative space.
- The process of squishing computer files down so that they are smaller and either transfer across the internet quicker or take up less space on your computer hard drive.
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What is the Internet?
- The dynamic interconnected network of computers sharing information and resources across millions of miles of phonelines, cable and satelite.
- What happens in tennis when you hit the ball too low. It goes internet.
- The opposite of Outernet
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What is a Client?
- The software you use on your computer that allows you to access information and special functions from a server. Hence the internet is said to be on the client-server model.
- A client is similar to a patient except the patient sees a doctor and has a chance of getting well. The client sees a consultant and the consultant has a chance of getting wealthy.
- If you live in a place where it is sunny a lot you are said to be from a warm client.
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What is Download?
- This is what you say to your dog Load when he jumps up on guests, "Down Load, Down."
- To debrief someone on a project and catch them up-to-date. You download what's been happening -- basically a polite term for business gossip.
- To transfer a file from somewhere else on the internet onto your computer so that you have a local copy.
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What is Install?
- Install is where the horse is when you put it in the barn after a ride.
- When a program is installed it is transferred into the appropriate directories on your computer and icons are put onto your desktop so you can use the program.
- This is the condition of a car on the freeway when the engine suddenly quits.
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