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1. What is a web browser? A web browser is a program used to view HTML documents. 2. Name five common browsers. Five common browsers include: Safari, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape, and Opera. 3. What is the ppi for Macintosh? The ppi for Macintosh is 96. 4. What is the ppi for Windows? The ppi for Windows is 72. 5. How many colors does your monitor display? This monitor will display 256 shades of the three primary colors for about 16.7 million colors. 6. What is a viewport? A viewport is the portion of the browser window used for rendering the web page. 7. How big is the active viewport for the Oswego website? (take a screen capture and measure) The viewport for the SUNY Oswego website is 720 pixels by 761 pixels. 8. How big is the viewport for Amazon? The viewport for Amazon is 1179 pixels by 777 pixels. 9. What is ″websafe″ color?″Websafe″ colors are a fixed palette which includes 216 colors. If you use a color that is not included in that set, the browser will replace the color with a near color on the fixed palette. 10. What is ftp? Ftp stands for File Transport Protocall. This is used to transfer data from one computer to another over the internet of through a network. 11. What is a server? A server is an application or device that performs services for connected clients as part of a client- server architecture. 12. What is the Oswego server called? Who is it named after? The SUNY Oswego server is named Rocky, after the squirrel in the cartoon series Rocky and Bullwinkle. |