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01 - 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

  Litmus Arena Numerals

  Liminal Archive Neurology

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

  The internet service provider

  Packet switching

  Search engines

  Classless inter-domain routing

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

  CONNET

  ARPANET

  INTELNET

  DEFNET

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

  Internettling

  Internetworking

  International data transfer

  Intercomputernetwork

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

  FALSE

  TRUE

 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?

  Data privacy protocols

  Brands of antiseptic

  Codes of conduct

  The communications protocols used on the internet

 8. Who devised the concept of the world wide web, the web server and web browser?
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  John Von Neumann

  Steve Jobs

  Guido van Rossum

  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%

  80%

  20%

  60%


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