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Net Basics: The Test |
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Whoops ! Time does fly fast doesn't it ? We're 8 columns old
already, and in these last 8 weeks, we've looked at the main things
the Web has in store for you. These days, its almost impossible
to be alive and not know about the Internet. This column's tried
to equip you with enough material to hold fort (and even show
off sometimes) when the topic turns to the Internet. This quiz
will help determine if you have been paying any dhyan to
the gyan this column has tried to impart. The correct answers
and instructions on how to score your results are at the end of
the column. Please don't refer any material, and time yourself
- you're not to take more than a couple of days to answer this
quiz. Your timer starts now …..
When anyone mentions Surf you immediately say :
- "Dhoondhte reha jaoge !"
- "I saw that chiknya surfing in Baywatch yesterday too - changla pora na ?"
- "That's my latest hobby - surfing the Internet !"
Something like "[email protected]" signifies :
- A typing mistake that the editor overlooked
- The ads in the paper eat so much space that they don't leave spaces between words anymore !
- An email address - the latest hi-tech way to communicate.
A browser is:
- Someone who spends hours at Fashion Street (or Ram galli)
- The Bambaiya English term for "forehead"
- A program used to view sites on the Web.
The World Wide Web is:
- A Discovery channel program about spiders.
- The net that Dawood has spread all around the world
- What you use to see homepages, sites, and pictures on the Net.
FTP is :
- The latest way to give someone a gaali with ishtyle !
- Something like LPG
- The method used to transfer files over the Net.
Shareware is :
- A sister brand of Tupperware plastic containers.
- A company belonging to Garware
- Software from the Net that you can try for free, but pay to continue using.
Chat is :
- A polite term used do describe what's commonly known as "gossip"
- A kind of masala that you put in you dishes to make them mazedaar
- A way for people from all around the world to communicate on the Net by typing messages.
The Answers: The correct answer for all questions is C.
Scoring: If you answered all of the questions, you are
hereby conferred the title of IG (Internet Geek - the "Internet
Guru" title is taken by me !). Congratulations!