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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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  Litmus Arena Numerals

  Leading Addition Notation

  Local Area Networks

  Liminal Archive Neurology

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

  The internet service provider

  Packet switching

  Classless inter-domain routing

  Search engines

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

  DEFNET

  ARPANET

  INTELNET

  CONNET

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

  Internetworking

  Internettling

  International data transfer

  Intercomputernetwork

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

  TRUE

  FALSE

 6. Many countries developed their own packet switching networks.

  TRUE

  FALSE

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

  Data privacy protocols

  Codes of conduct

  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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  Tim Berners-Lee

  John Von Neumann

  Guido van Rossum

  Steve Jobs

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

  Mosaic

  Marble

  Mentor

  Maxpower

 10. What percentage of the world's population is estimated to have used the internet by 2015?
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  60%

  40%

  80%

  20%


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