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
