CGS1100/1570 Section 1 Terms Term What is an Interface Answer An interface is a group of related methods with empty bodies.

. A GUI means graphical user interface. UNIX is a multiuser, multitasking computer operating system. DOS is a disk operating system, the first widelyinstalled operating system for personal computers. A subject directory is an approach to Web documents by a lexicon of subject terms hierarchically grouped. A search engine is a program that searches documents for specified keywords and returns a list of the documents where the Time and source 1 minute/Google Link providing answer
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/concepts/interface.html

What does GUI mean

1 minute/Google

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Gui

What is UNIX

1 minute/Ask

http://www.ask.com/dictionary?q=UNIX&qsrc=999&o=2801

What is DOS

1 minute/Google

http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/DOS

What is a subject directory

30 seconds/Google

http://www.franklin.edu/file_source/library/files/internet-terms.pdf

What is a search engine

20 seconds/Google

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/search_engine.html

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What is an index

What is a hit

What is a metasearch

What is a stop word

What is Wolfram Alpha

Which Boolean operator

keywords were found. An index is a list of keys or keywords in a database design that identifies a unique record. A hit is a file sent to a browser by a web server A metasearch is a search engine tool that passes queries on to many other search engines and/or directories then summarizes all of the results in one interface. A stop word is a filtered word that search engines do not consider extremely common in order to save disk space or speed up search results. Wolfram Alpha is an engine for computing answers and providing knowledge. NOT is the Boolean operator that

1 minute/Google

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/I/index.html

25 seconds/Google

http://www.opentracker.net/article/hits-or-pageviews

30 seconds/Google

http://websearch.about.com/od/m/g/meta_search_eng.htm

1 minute/Google

http://www.webconfs.com/stop-words.php

10 seconds/Google

http://www.wolframalpha.com/tour/what-is-wolframalpha.html

1 minute/Google

http://images.webofknowledge.com/WOK45/help/WOS/ht_operators.html

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excludes search words

excludes search words.

Section 2 - Directed Internet Searching - Provide answers in complete sentence format.

punctuation and grammar count- pay attention to details. # Question: Answer: Time to find/ search tool used to locate answer 1 min/Google 30 seconds/Google

Neatness, spelling,

Example Name a Major web portal a. Which meta-search engine won the Best Meta-Search Engine in the 2002 Search Engine Watch Awards? b. Who got honorable mentions?

Why did another metasearch engine with a higher popular vote NOT win

a. What is the Internet International Ad Hoc Committee? b. When was the IAHC dissolved?

a. Find two colleges within the U.S. offering a degree in Chinese medicine. b. Give the location (city) for each. c. Name one degree available from each school.

Yahoo is a major web portal Vivisimo and Copernic won Best Meta-Search Engine in 2002 Search Engine Watch Awards; Ez2www, Kartoo, and SurfWax got honorable mentions. Dogpile was ineligible to win because it was felt as though they do a poor job of delineating and disclosing paid listings from editorial matches. The Internet International Ad Hoc Committee is the international organization responsible for managing the Internets Domain Name System; the IAHC was dissolved on May 1, 1997. One college in the U.S. that offers a degree in Chinese medicine is Emperors College of Traditional Oriental Medicine; this college is located in Santa Monica, California and offers a degree in

Identify the search tool you used and the web site by URL that answers the question the electronic document should provide the actual link http://www.yahoo.com

http://ciberconta.unizar.es/leccion/ www/local/2002SearchEngineWat chAwards.htm

2 minutes/Google

http://ciberconta.unizar.es/leccion/ www/local/2002SearchEngineWat chAwards.htm

35 seconds/Ask

http://www.webopedia.com/TER M/I/IAHC.html

5 minutes/Google

http://colleges.findthebest.com/d/o /Traditional-Chinese-Medicineand-Chinese-Herbology

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How many regional sites are there for the 2008 NCAA mens college baseball series? Name two How many super regional sites?

What is a cookie, as it relates to Internet browsing? How are cookies used?

Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese Herbology. Another college in the U.S. that offers a degree in Chinese medicine is Bastyr University; this college is located in Kenmore, Washington and offers a degree in Direct Entry Midwifery. There are 16 regional 10 minutes/Bing sites for the 2008 NCAA mens college baseball series, two of which are Arizona State and Long Beach State. In addition, there are 8 super regional sites. 10 minutes/ipl2 A cookie is a text file saved in your browsers directory or folder and stored in RAM while your browser is running. Cookies are used by allowing a web site to store information on a users machine and later retrieve it; the pieces of information are stored as name-value pairs. The high, low, and average temperature for the month of September in Kahului, Hawaii is 88 degrees, 70 degrees, and 79 degrees, respectively; the average precipitation is .38 inches. The Subject Directory used is ipl2. The MetaSearch engine

http://www.collegebaseballdaily.c om/2008/05/25/2008-ncaaregional-sites-announced/

http://www.lsusports.net/fls/5200/ assets/08bbncaasr/index.htm

http://www.cookiecentral.com/ http://computer.howstuffworks.co m/cookie1.htm

What is the high, low & average temperature and the average precipitation for the month of September in Kahului, Hawaii

http://www.weather.com/weather/ 5 minutes/Dogpile wxclimatology/monthly/graph/US HI0031

Name of the Subject Directory used Name of the MetaSearch

Be certain to answer this question!

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engine you used Names of the three other search engines used (total of 5)

used is Dogpile. The three other search engines used are Google, Ask, and Bing.

Section 3 -

Internet Research in preparation of the creation of your own business

The following questions relate to a company/business you will create for this class. You will use this research in Assignment 2 as the content of your Web page. Using any browser, research your industry, your competition, and determine your market niche. Using at least two search tools mentioned in class, research and develop the answers to the questions below. Again take note; this research will be used in your next assignment. Support your answers with references in the form of links to real Internet sites. At least four links must appear in this section. Write down these links! They will be used in your other assignments! This is the exercise that provides content for the subsequent assignments. Answer each question with complete sentences immediately following each question.

Corporate Name: Decade

Type of Business (Industry): Retail Description of Product or Service: Decade is clothing store appealing to all ages and all fashion styles.

Describe your customers or the target market. The company seeks to attract female teenagers between the ages 15-18. Find the names of two other corporate competitors in your market that have Web sites? List the URL below (points deducted if this is not completed) Two other corporate competitors in the market are Tillys
http://www.tillys.com/tillys/?mkey&campaign=Brand&utm_source=MSN&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=MSN_cpc&CAPCI D=2401152941&CA_6C15C=1512746151 and Forever 21 http://www.forever21.com/Product/Main.aspx?br=f21.

Is there an Internet subject directory topic that relates to your industry or business? List the directory name below. If not, find a subject directory path where your industry might appear sometime in the future. (Indicate your answer in the form of: tool\directory\directory\directory.such as yahoo\entertainment\movies\scifi There is an Internet Subject Directory topic that relates to Decade, google\interests\fashion.

Make a statement about your market strategy. What will your company do to set itself apart from the competition?

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Its okay to be yourself - The teenage years are the most exploratory years girls will experience, whether its trying to fit in or trying to stand out. Decade will succeed in appealing to the teenage generation by allowing them to express their inner selves through the various styles of apparel that we offer. What is the current standard in your industry? That is, what do consumers of the current product expect from the major companies providing your product or service? Look at sites for existing companies to determine current standards. (Indicate URL of sites that support your answer.) The current standard in the fashion industry for consumers involves availability. With the steady rise of technology, consumers demand readily available product information with real-time updates and the ability to scan barcodes or take a photo of a product to obtain information on it. The fashion industry must be able to keep up with the pace of technology and provide information across various platforms.
http://apparel.edgl.com/news/The-Future-of-Standards-in-the-Apparel-Industry87343

Which search engine or tool did you like using the most for section 3 of the assignment? Why? The search engine I liked using the most for section 3 was Google, its simple yet complex and always gives m e a range of options. In addition, Ive used it for years so its a natural go-to source. Do a search for information on web searching using Google. You will probably find some of the resources reviewed in preparation for completing this assignment. After looking at several of your hits, provide URL of the link that you believe was most informative in learning more about searching the Internet.
http://powerreporting.com/altavista.html

Section 4 - Web Browsers

Download and evaluate (any 3) of the following browsers (all downloads should be available as free items)*

Internet Explorer 8 FireFox Chrome Netscape Opera Avant Maxthon Safari Camino (Mac only) Other ( you may suggest another choice but get approval first)

After testing and using each browser provide a brief paragraph describing what you liked best and what you liked least about each browser. Be specific. Indicate the version of the Browser that you used for each of your choices.

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Chrome Google Chrome is my favorite browser. The things I like most about it are that its fast and user oriented. When you open up the browser, there are links to the sites you recently visited. One thing I dont like is that it tends to crash every now and then. Safari Ive never used Safari prior to this assignment. Its very Apple oriented which is something I like about it because I own several Apple products and with this browser you can see the latest details on the Apple company and the new products they are working on. However, this presents a downfall as well; its all about Apple and not so much about anything else. Internet Explorer 8 Ive had prior experience using Internet Explorer due to the fact that it was a default browser that came with my laptop and desktop. Its fairly simple to use and loads much faster than the older IE browsers; however, when using it I encountered a few issues with add-ons on the sites I explored as well as some security threats.

Section 5 Create a homepage folder in UNIX (and a file named index.htm) see instructions in the Course
Documents User interface folder for creating a homepage folder. The result goes here - the format is http://www.unf.edu/~YOURNnumber
http://www.unf.edu/~n00673954/

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