internet+history


 * Internet History Questions**


 * 1) When was the “Internet” was first developed or thought of? By who? a) 1950s many people
 * 2) What was it originally called? (a global network
 * 3) What was the date of the first Internet transmission? What happened? (a in October 1969
 * 4) Why was the Internet developed? a) so that U.S. Department of Defense researchers could share information with one another
 * 5) Who were the first “people” (not person) to use the Internet?
 * 6) When was email developed? a) In late 1971
 * 7) What is TCP/IP used for? a) //TCP // is //used for // transmission of data from an application to the network.
 * 8) What did the National Science Foundation do to help the Internet?
 * 9) Why was Archie created? a) first tool used for searching on the Internet was Archie.
 * 10) What happened in 1991 that made the Internet “user-friendly”? a) n //1991 //, the first really friendly interface to the //Internet // was developed at the University of Minnesota.


 * 1) What significant event took place in 1989? a) making the nets easier to use

Write out the definitions for the following vocabulary words:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What did Michael Dertouzos do for the Internet? a) persuaded Tim Berners-Lee and others to form the world wide web consortium
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Who was the first national commercial online service? When did they go online? a) CompuServe in 1979
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Approximately, when did the Internet become as we know it today? a)
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What are some of the current trends in technology today? a) iPod, iphone, ipad
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Routers – A device that forwards data packets to parts of a computer network

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">17. FTP – File transfer protocol, a standard for the exchange of program and data files across a network.


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">TCP/IP –


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Email –


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Archie –


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Telnet –


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Client-server architecture –


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Gopher –


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Spider –


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">DSL –