History+of+the+Internet


 * Internet History Questions**

1) When the “Internet” was first developed or thought of? By who? a) It was first developed in the 1960s, when computers were beginning to start. Not one person or group created it. 2) What was it originally called? a) ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network  3) What was the date of the first Internet transmission? What happened? a)October 29,1969. They typed an i" and it crashed. 4) Why was the Internet developed?  a) It was developed so U.S. Department of Defense researchers could share information with one another.  5) Who were the first “people” (not person) to use the Internet?  a) The secret serivce.  6) When was email developed?  a) It was developed way before the Internet or ARPANET. 7) What is TCP/IP used for? a) It simplifies the information before sending it out. 8) What did the National Science Foundation do to help the Internet? 9) The National Science Foundation helped promote the Internet. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">10) Why was Archie created? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">a) To help search the Internet. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">11) What happened in 1991 that made the Internet “user-friendly”? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">a) The University of Minnesota wanted to develop a simple menu system to access files and information on campus. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1) What significant event took place in 1989? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">a) AOL (American Online) is launched. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1) What did Michael Dertouzos do for the Internet? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">a) He led many projects including the "Oxygen Project" that makes computing as easy as breathing air. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">2) Who was the first national commercial online service? When did they go online? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">a) CompuServe (now known as AOL) went online in 1961. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">3) Approximately, when did the Internet become as we know it today? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">a) In 1994. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">4) What are some of the current trends in technology today? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">a) LBS, Social Networking, Mobile Search, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Payment, Context Aware Service, Object Recognition, Mobile Instant Messaging, Mobile Email, and Mobile Video. Write out the definitions for the following vocabulary words:
 * 1) Routers – A device that forwards data packets to parts of a computer network.
 * 2) FTP – File transfer protocol, a standard for the exchange of program and data files across a network.
 * 3) TCP/IP – The Internet Protocol Suite is the set of communications protocols used for the Internet and other similar networks.
 * 4) Email – electronic mail: (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in; "you cannot send packages by electronic mail"
 * 5) Archie –Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones
 * 6) Telnet – A network protocol that allows a user on one computer to log on to another computer that is part of the same network.
 * 7) Client-server architecture –a distributed application structure that partitions tasks or workloads between the providers of a resource or service, called servers, and service requesters, called clients
 * 8) Gopher - a TCP/IP Application layer protocol designed for distributing, searching, and retrieving documents over the Internet. Strongly oriented towards a menu-document design, the Gopher protocol was a predecessor of (and later, an alternative to) the World Wide Web.
 * 9) Spider – A program that automatically has web pages.
 * 10) DSL – Deep Scattering Layer.