Choose six correct terms from the following list to complete the spaces in the paragraphs below: • encryption • file name • firewall • HTML tags/text • IP address • protocol • proxy server • SSL certificate • web server name A user enters a URL. The web browser breaks up the URL into three components: The web server returns the selected web page. The web browser reads the from the selected page and shows the correctly formatted page on the user’s screen. A is used between the user’s computer and the network to examine the data traffic to make sure it meets certain criteria. To speed up the access to the web pages next time, a is used between the computer and web server; this device uses a cache to store the website home page after it has been accessed for the first time.

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2015

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Two internet risks are phishing and pharming. Describe what is meant by phishing and pharming. Phishing Pharming

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2021

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A company has a website. Users use the internet and the world wide web to access the website. Describe the difference between the internet and the world wide web. The website has a uniform resource locator (URL). The URL has three different parts. Identify the three different parts that are included in the URL. One function of a web browser is to provide an address bar for a user to enter a URL. Give three other functions of a web browser.

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2024

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The table contains terms and descriptions about the internet. Complete the table with the missing terms and descriptions. Term Description the collective name for all the web pages available a small text file, stored by the web browser, that can store a user’s personal data uniform resource locator (URL) web server the language used to create a website. Example tags are and a protocol that is used to request and send web pages

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2023

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Complete the table to give the missing term or description for the internet terms. Internet term Description the collection of web pages accessed using the internet the address given to a device when it connects to the internet web browser the hardware that stores a database of matching website and IP addresses a type of hardware that can be used to prevent a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack hacking

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2024

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Describe what is meant by HTML. The following URL is typed in: http://www.cie.org.uk/ComputerSciencePapers This URL is composed of three parts. State the part of this URL that is the: File name Protocol Web server name

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2016

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An example of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is: http://www.cie.org.uk/index.htm Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Identify the three parts that make up this URL. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Describe what is meant by an Internet Protocol (IP) address.

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2017

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Six internet terms and six definitions are listed. Draw a line to connect each term to a correct definition. Internet term Definition Browser Internet Service Provider (ISP) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Uniform Resource Locator (URL) MAC address IP address A program that allows a user to view webpages The main protocol that governs the transmission of data using the Internet The website address that is typed into the address bar An address given to each device on a network. It is provided by the network A unique address given to a device on a network. It is provided by the manufacturer A company that provides a connection to access the Internet

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2018

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Alice enters a URL into a web browser to access a webpage. State what URL represents. U R L Explain how the web browser uses the URL to access the webpage.

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2018

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Mario has a website that he uses to sell his artwork. The website uses HTTPS to transmit data. Describe what is meant by HTTPS. One way a user can check a website uses HTTPS is to check whether the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) begins with HTTPS. Give one other way a user can check if a website uses HTTPS. There is a risk that people that use the Internet to access websites can have their stored data maliciously damaged. State three ways that stored data can be maliciously damaged.

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2022

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