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What is a web browser?	A web browser is the software you use to view internet pages, as it parses html content of files hosted on a server and renders them into a human readable format.
Name 5 common browsers.	No problem. Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, and Google's new Chrome.
What is the ppi for Macintosh?	Hm... I'm a PC user... so no idea. But I'd assume 72ppi is the right answer?!
What is the ppi for Windows?	Hm... I'm a Linux user... so no idea. But I'd assume 72ppi - just like GNU/Linux?!
How many colors dows your monitor display?	Well, that totally depends on the monitor you have and the current settings of your operating system. A common value is 16bit or 32bit, ergo 16385 and 32535 distinct colors.
What is a viewport?	The viewport is the entire scrollable area that is being displayed within a window.
How large is the active viewport for the Oswego website?	The source code shows that it has a viewport width of 720px.
How large is the viewport for Amazon?	The source code shows that it has a minimum viewport width of 980px.
What is a websafe color?	A websafe color is a color within the first 25 colors, i.e. a color from the 256 color palette. Some netscape derivatives accept only 216 colors, i.e. use the 6x6x6 color cube.
What is FTP?	FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol, and is one of a family of protocolls that are located on top of the TCP/IP stack and handle the transfer of files (using various stream mechanisms) between nodes of neighboring or identical networks. A sibbling protocol is http, which is responsible for transfering hypertext. FTP also supports binary streaming and hence allows a wider set of commands.
What is a server?	Strictly speaking, a server is a program running on a dedicated machine that handles client requests to perform a service or a task. The term server is however also commonly used to refer to a dedicated machine to which a client can connect
What is the Oswego server called? Who is it named after?	Oswego State's main web server is called rocky. It is named after the cartoon characters from the show Rocky & Bullwinkle. Oswego's rocky even has a little friend called natasha.
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