computers quiz 1

J.C.R. Licklider proposes the idea of a network of computers that could talk to one another year

1962

First message is sent between two computers year

1969

Ray Tomlinson develops email. year

1971

Erwise becomes the first web browser to have a graphical interface year

1992

Mosaic is created year

1993

Netscape Navigator becomes the most popular web browser year

1994

What is the name of the computer network used to send the first message between computers from UCLA to Stanford?

ARPANET

ARPANET stands for

Advanced Research Projects Agency Network

What event(s) led to the establishment of a decentralized and distributed network system?

Cuban missile crisis

Ray Tomlinson

Delveloped a way for computers across the world to communicate in a virtual space.

Vincent turf

Developed the framework for email.

first ever web browser to have a graphical interface

ERWISE

What does ICANN stand for?

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

IP stands for

Internet Protocol

Tim burners lee

Invented the world wide web

J.C. Licklider

Proposed the idea of a network of computers that could talk to one another

Which organizations joined ARPANET in the early development of the internet

Rand Cyclade NPL

Who worked to make the internet uniform and usable?

Tim burners lee

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

True or False :Dial-up internet connections prevented the user from being able to use their telephone and internet at the same time

True

Computers working on only one task at a time is called

batch processing

Fiber optic _____ are laid all around the world, spanning oceans and continents, in order to connect the internet

cables

computers at home are called

clients

To avoid breakdown during a potential nuclear missle attack a ____________________ network was needed. This allowed the network to continue operating even if one node was lost.

decentralized

To avoid radio wave interference caused by an atomic attack and cover long distances a ____________network was established.

distributed

true or false: Cyclades was successful due to their large budget and vast amount of communication nodes.

false

true or false: The internet and the web are the same thing

false

true or false: When you use the internet, only one router may be used.

false

true or false: internet is a bubble cloud

false

IP addresses help computers _________ each other

find

Approximately what percent of people worldwide have access to the internet?

half the world

Dividing sent files into smaller pieces for transmission and re-assembling them at their destination is refered to as

packet switching

Routers direct your _____ around the internet.

packets

When an email or data is sent across the internet, computers break the information into small pieces called

packets

a _______ is a special computer connectivity to the _______

server internet

The original computer network ARPANET was used primarily by whom?

the government

Multiple users using the processing power of a single computer is refered to as

time sharing

Web pages are files that are stored on a server's hard drive.

true

everything connected to the internet has an ip address

true

true or false: A router is placed anywhere two or more parts of the internet intersect

true

true or false: To make websites easier to find, a system was developed to give them names.

true

true or false: When an email or data reaches its destination, the information is reassembled in its original order.

true

true or false:"Internet" is the standardization and merging of multiple networks.

true

true or false:With the internet individual people with very little power now have the audience and opportunity for influence the was previously held by entire countries

true