Homework #3 – How People Use the Internet
Instructions
For a definition, a single complete sentence is adequate. For all other questions, write a short
paragraph made of three to five complete sentences. A complete sentence has a subject and a
predicate as you learned in English grammar. When grading your homework, an understanding
of the behind the scenes workings of the technology is sought. Provide technical workings of
technology whether it is a what, how, why, explain, or give differences question.
Questions
1. Define the following electronic mail terms:
(a) mailbox
(b) electronic mail client
(c) electronic mail server
(d) alias
(e) public mailing list
2. What is the World Wide Web (WWW)? Why was the World Wide Web developed and in
which decade did it become a popular application of the Internet? How does WWW work?
3. What are three technologies that enable web pages to become active and how does the
technology make web pages active?
4. What is a search engine, how does it work, and how is it different from other methods of
navigating the World Wide Web?
5. What are the differences between File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and Remote Login?

6. What are two different ways of creating HTML documents? What is the advantage of each
method?
7. Explain how colors are derived from the 6-digit hexadecimal color codes i.e. how do you
interpret an actual color from the given code?
8. Define each the following tags or attributes as used in HTML:
(a) tr
(b) td
(c) width
(d) align
(e) border
9. Define the purpose of using the following types of the INPUT tag in an HTML form?
(a) text
(b) button
(c) radio
(d) checkbox
(e) submit