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1

List five leading web search services.  Which is best and why?

There are plenty

2

What is an ISP? List two of the top ISPs in the Maritimes.

You’re probably a customer

3

What is html?  What does it do?

markup

4

Name an Island firm that has been named among Canada’s 100 best places to work.  What does it do?

Use a search tool

5

What company developed the best Intranet of 2001 according to ‘usability’ guru Jakob Neilson? Why?

They’re Canadian

6

What is the World Wide Web Consortium?

Why was it created?

It’s building the next generation web

7

Who are the Scuzzy nodes? 

Bus 241

8

What is Moore’s law? 

What company did Moore start?

Hardware

9

What is Metcalfe’s law?  What is TCP/IP?Bonus: What is the network effect?

Networking

10

What is a weblog?  List three popular weblogs.

Dave Winer.  Boing.

11

What is PageRank? 

With what site is it associated?

How does it affect the web?

It changes the way you view the web

12

What is the difference between the Internet and the world wide web?

You may have to think about this one

13

What is Weblogs@upei?  Bonus: What software is behind it?

BEAT

14

What is syndication?  What is aggregation?  Name a populator aggregator.  Bonus:  How is this changing the Web?

RSS

15

What is a wiki? What is wikipedia?

These are great resources!

16

List five influential IT companies.  What do they do? (in a nutshell)

If you can’t think of any for yourself…try netvalley

17

What is ERP? Name a company that delivers ERP solutions?

Wall-to-wall software

18

What is an application services provider?  Give an example.

ASP, hosting, managed services, outsourcing…

19

What is Java?  Do you know a software solution that is written in Java?

SUN

20

What is the basic idea behind open source?  What is proprietary software?

OSI should tell you