Master The Basics

A. The best setting for your monitor is a minimum of 800x600. This is recommended because it affects the sharpness of the picture. B. You should avoid using all caps in e-mails because it looks like you are shouting, and it can also be difficult to read. C. Emoticons are expressions you create by using the characters on your keyboard. An example of an emoticon would be :-). D. Spamming is a practice in which you post unrelated comments or advertisements. E. Flaming is a practice in which you offend someone and they respond in an angry manner. F. Two abbreviations you can use in an e-mail message are LOL (Laughing Out Loud) or BTW (By The Way). G. FAQs are handy documents to read before asking questions. H. The Internet started in the 1960s due to an experiment the US Department of Defense conducted, to find a computer network that would function in the event of a disaster. I. J. The purpose of a chat room is to allow people to communicate with one another. Many different communications go on at the same time using the internet, meaning that there are different software to accomplish different tasks.

K. Bandwidth is the data-carrying capacity of telephone lines. Technologies such as DSL lines, cable, satellite, and wireless networks increase the bandwidth. L. Internet2 is an incubator of the emerging technologies shaping the future. M. Internet2 network transmits data at speeds up to 2.4 gigabits per second.

Kenzi Cochran