For most Americans, the Internet is a strange, mysterious entity that has something to do with…clouds. Maybe. According to a new survey from the Pew Research Center, the Internet is less confusing the younger you are.

Pew asked Americans 17 questions to measure their Internet IQ, ranging from when to use hashtags to the definition of Moore’s Law to what a company’s privacy policy might mean. (Answer: not much.) Perhaps predictably, the younger you are, the more you knew. Respondents between the ages of 18 and 29 answered an average of 10.1 of the questions correctly (about 66 %), while those 65 or older were correct about 7.8 questions. (Time)

Paul Asay has written for The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Beliefnet.com and The (Colorado Springs) Gazette. He writes about culture for PluggedIn and wrote the Batman book God on the Streets of Gotham (Tyndale). He recently collaborated with Jim Daly, president of Focus on the Family, on his book The Good Dad. He lives in Colorado Springs with wife, Wendy, and his two children. Check out his entertainment blog or follow him on Twitter.