IGCSE CS 5.1 and 5.2 - The Internet and Its Uses

Set of rules that must be obeyed when transferring files and data across the Internet.

• cookie

• World Wide Web (WWW)

• digital currency

• hypertext transfer protocol (http)

Answer explanation

Software used to access, translate and display web pages on a user's screen.

• World Wide Web (WWW)

• digital currency

• web browser

• cookie

Answer explanation

Collection of multimedia web pages and other information on websites; these resources are accessed by a browser.

• hypertext transfer protocol (http)

• Internet

• cookie

• World Wide Web (WWW)

Worldwide collection of interconnected network computers that make use of TCP and IP protocols.

• Internet

• web browser

• World Wide Web (WWW)

• hypertext transfer protocol (http)

Small file or program downloaded when user visits a website; it remembers user preferences and other data.

• digital currency

• hypertext transfer protocol (http)

• cookie

• web browser

Financial system which allows the transfer of funds and purchasing items electronically.

• World Wide Web (WWW)

• Internet

• digital currency

• web browser

What process does this diagram best illustrate?

• Cookies first login

• DNS being used to retrieve web page

• Web browser accessing website server

• Web browser displaying HTML content

What does this diagram best illustrate?

• Persistent cookies being used in subsequent website sessions

• Session cookies being used for online purchases

• Cookies being used to track user's website history

• Cookies being used to send users advertisements

What does this picture best illustrate?

• digital currency

• cryptocurrency

• virtual currency

• fiat currency

A financial system that has an institution that is given privileged control over the production and distribution of money and credit for a nation or a group of nations.

• decentralised cryptocurrency

• central banking system

• digital currency

• conventional fiat currency