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Question 13 Marks
The following sentences describe the term Web browser.
Web browsers are programs used to explore the (1) ………… . A Web browser is an interface that helps a computer user gain access to all the content that is on the Internet and the hard disk of the computer. It can view (2) …………, text documents, audio and video files, games etc. More than one (3) …………. can also be installed on a single computer. The user can navigate through files, folders and (4) ………… with the help of a browser. When the browser is used for browsing (5) …………, the pages may contain certain links which can be opened in a new browser. Multiple tabs and windows of the same browser can also be opened. An example of Web browser is (6) ……….. .
Fill in the blanks with words from the list given below:
Internet, TCP, Images, Web browser, Photos, Websites, SMTP, Web pages, Google Chrome
Answer
  1. Internet
  2. Images
  3. Web browser
  4. Websites
  5. Web pages
  6. Google Chrome
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Question 23 Marks
Give an example of E-mail address and explain each part of it.
Answer
The example of an E-mail address is abc@gmail.com.
The format of E-mail address is username@hostname or domain name. So, as per the above example of E-mail address abc is the username and gmail.com is the name of hosting server or host (domain) name. Thus, we can say that E-mail address has two parts separated by symbol.
  1. Username: On the left side of separator @ is the user name. A user name cannot have blanks.
  2. Domain name for the host server: The portion to the right of @ identifies the server or host network that services your E-mail. It is also known as E-mail server.
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Question 33 Marks
Write three disadvantages of using Internet.
Answer
The three disadvantages of using Internet are as follows:
Cyber frauds
Information misuse
Computer virus circulation
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Question 43 Marks
Many organisations use both Internet and Intranet. Give some differences between Intranet and Internet.
Answer
Differences between Intranet and Internet are as follows:
  1. Internet is a Wide Area Network (WAN), while Intranet is a Local Area Network (LAN).
  2. Greater amount of information is available on Internet, while on Intranet specific amount of information is available.
  3. Internet is not safe as Intranet can be safely privatised as per the need.
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Question 53 Marks
How did the Internet begin?
Answer
The Internet has gained popularity and emerged as an important and efficient means of communication. The term Internet is derived from the words ‘interconnection’ and ‘networks’. A network is a collection of two or more computers, which are connected together to share information and resources. The Internet is a worldwide system of computer networks, i.e. network of networks. Through Internet, computers become able to exchange information with each other and find diverse perspective on issues from a global audience. Most of the people uses Internet for sending and receiving E-mail and net surfing for retrieving information.
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3 Mark Questions - COMPUTER APPLICATIONS STD 10 Questions - Vidyadip