Tuesday, May 16, 2017

URL and its components



Components of Email Address


Class 10 Chaper 1 Internet

Very Short Answer Questions

Expand the Following abbreviations

  1. ARPANET   -   Advance Research Projects Agency Network
  2. DARPA        -   Department of Defense Advance Research Projects Agency
  3. TCP/IP         -   Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol
  4. WWW          -   World wild Web
  5. HTTP           -    Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
  6. FTP              -    File Transfer Protocol
  7. LAN             -    Local Area Network
  8. URL             -    Uniform Resource Locator
  9. HTML         -     Hyper Text Markup Language
  10. SGML         -     standard Generalised Markup Language


Long Answer Questions


Q1. Read the following paragraph. Find five network and communication related abbreviations and give their expanded forms along with a one-line definition for each of them:

RBI is planning to expand its connectivity with all major banks of India. The plan includes providing TCP connectivity through HTTP for easy access points and seeking help from some ISPs to join hands in this venture. Also, there is a plan to setup IIS and SMTP servers. Some banks will go for DSL line, while others will use leased line connectivity to access these services. RBI is also taking the help of IIT professors in this venture.

Ans: Different communication terms are as follows:

TCP: The full form of TCP is Transmission Control Protocol. TCP is responsible for the formation of packets and delivery of the packets to destination computer.

HTTP: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol is standard set of rules that is used to access web pages found in the web server.

IIS: Internet Information Server is a web server provide by Microsoft.

SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is used to send and receive mail form client to server and vice- versa.

DSL: Digital Subscriber Line is a technology for bringing high bandwidth information over ordinary copper telephone lines.


Q2. Shravan Joshi is a student of Political Science and is a keen researcher of Political issues related to various countries and states. He wants to share his research and his opinions on these issues on a day-to-day basis with everyone on World Wide Web. He is also interested in collecting views of others to enhance his research and knowledge related to his area of interest. He belongs to a middle class family and cannot afford his own website. Being a non-technical person, he cannot create a dynamic website to deal with day-to-day inputs either.

(a) Suggest an easy way for Shravan to achieve his goals.
(b) Name the two popularly used (and free) services that can help Shravan.

Ans:
A) Shravan should develop a blog, because it’s free and there is no technical knowledge require to create it.
B) Twitter and Blogger from Google.

Q3. As life gets busier, it becomes difficult to stay in touch with school and college friends, old neighbours and favourite teachers. It is important to keep in touch with all your near and dear ones. Sometimes, people sitting miles away doing a similar activity or solving similar kind of problems can help you achieve your goals faster by sharing their experiences. Similarly, people belonging to different socio-economic backgrounds can change your perspective and enhance your understanding of various cultures.

a) Suggest the real time toots that are suitable for the above mentioned activities
b) What is the generic name used for such tools?
Ans:
a) Facebook and Twitter
b) Social Networking

Q4. Laleema Chkradhar wants a broadband connection to access mails and stay updates with the latest happenings in the field of Biotechnology. Can you suggest two internet Service Providers that can be approached for the same?

Ans: Airtel and VSNL

Q5. Identify domain names(s) and URL(s) from the following list:

a) yoga@yoga.com
b) doYogaEveryday.com
c) www.doyogaeverydau.com/old/index.html
d) www.performingarts_schools.org/backlink.htm
e) 192.287.3.5
f) http://cbse.nic.in

Ans:

a) Email Address

b) Domain Name

c) URL

d) URL

e) IP Address

f) Domain Name

Q6. Anila works in a multinational company and needs to work online from home also. She therefore requires a fast Internet connection. Which type of Internet connection would be best suited for her? Apart from browsing, she would also need to upload and download files to/from remote sites. Which protocol will help her perform this activity?

Ans: Type of Internet connection she would uses are Broadband or ADSL line

The protocol used for uploading and downloading file from remote sites is FTP (File Transfer Protocol).

Q7. Explain the terms URL and ISP in brief. Give one example for each.

Ans:

1. URL is a web address. Uniform resource Locator is the global address of documents or web pages.

2. ISP -> Internet service Provider is any company that provides Internet services, including personal and business access to the Internet.