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History of the Internet

 1. Early computers were often connected to terminals by a 'LAN' - what does this stand for?
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  Local Area Networks

  Leading Addition Notation

  Liminal Archive Neurology

  Litmus Arena Numerals

 2. What did Donald Davies devise at the UK National Physical Laboratory?

  Search engines

  Packet switching

  Classless inter-domain routing

  The internet service provider

 3. What was the name of the packet switching network built for the US Department of Defence in 1969?

  INTELNET

  CONNET

  DEFNET

  ARPANET

 4. The word 'internet' was first used in 1974 as a shortened form of what term?

  Internetworking

  Intercomputernetwork

  International data transfer

  Internettling

 5. Commercial use of the internet was at first forbidden.

  TRUE

  FALSE

 6. Many countries developed their own packet switching networks.

  FALSE

  TRUE

 7. What are the TCP/IP protocols introduced in 1983 and still in use today?

  Codes of conduct

  Data privacy protocols

  The communications protocols used on the internet

  Brands of antiseptic

 8. Who devised the concept of the world wide web, the web server and web browser?
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  Steve Jobs

  Guido van Rossum

  John Von Neumann

  Tim Berners-Lee

 9. What web browser is credited with popularising the internet by first showing text and pictures on the same page?

  Mosaic

  Maxpower

  Marble

  Mentor

 10. What percentage of the world's population is estimated to have used the internet by 2015?
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  40%

  60%

  20%

  80%