Explain what the World Wide Web is, including several tasks that can be accomplished online. Include definitions of the following terms in your response: webpage, downloading, website, and web server.

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Student responses will vary, but should be drawn from the following information from the text.?The World Wide Web (or web, for short) is a global library of information available to anyone connected to the Internet. People around the world access the web to accomplish a variety of online tasks, including:?• Search for information• Conduct research• Communicate with and meet other people• Share information, photos, and videos with others• Access news, weather, and sports• Participate in online training• Shop for goods and services• Play games with others• Download or listen to music• Watch videos• Download or read books• Make reservations?The web consists of a worldwide collection of electronic documents. Each electronic document on the web is called a webpage, which can contain text, graphics, audio, and video.?Webpages often contain links. A link, short for hyperlink, is a built-in connection to other documents, graphics, audio files, videos, webpages, or websites. To activate an item associated with a link, you tap or click the link. A text link often changes color after you tap or click it to remind you visually that you previously have visited the webpage or downloaded the content associated with the link.?Links allow you to obtain information in a nonlinear way. That is, instead of accessing topics in a specified order, you move directly to a topic of interest. Some people use the phrase surfing the web to refer to the activity of using links to explore the web.?A website is a collection of related webpages, which are stored on a web server. A web server is a computer that delivers requested webpages to your computer or mobile device.

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A class-level variable ___________________.

a. is declared inside a class but outside any procedure b. is accessible to all procedures in a class c. is visible to all statements inside the class d. all of the above

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How many times will this for loop execute? (Note: i is an int.)

``` for(i = 0; i < 10; i = i+2) ``` A. 5 B. 10 C. The loop is not written correctly. It would not compile. D. It is an infinite loop.

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________ statements in VBA work similarly to those found in Access and Excel

A) FileDialog B) Dim C) With D) If

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