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It is a worldwide collection of networks that links millions of businesses, government agencies, education institutions, and individuals

The Internet

What was the orginal name of the Internet when it originated?

ARPANET

In whichmonth and year did the Internet(ARPANET) originate?

September 1969

What were the two main goals of the Internet when it was created?

• Allow scientists at different physical locations to share information and work together

• Function even if part of the network were disabled or destroyed by a disaster

What was the full name of the agency behind the creation of ARPANET?

Advanced Research Projects Agency

Which U.S. government department funded and managed ARPANET?

Pentagon

How many main computers were part of the original ARPANET network?

Four main computers

Name the four institutions that hosted the original ARPANET computers

• University of California at Los Angeles

• University of California at Santa Barbara

• Stanford Research Institute

• University of Utah

In what year did ARPANET become functional?

1969

What major network did the National Science Foundation (NSF) connect to ARPANET in 1986, leading to the modem Internet?

NSFnet

What organization funded the development of NSFNET to link supercomputing centers in the U.S. in the late 1980s?

National Science Foundation (NSF)

How many supercomputers were connected in NSFnet when it linked to ARPANET in 1986?

Five

In what year did ARPANET surpass 1,000 individual host computers?

1984

What project was founded in 1996 as an advanced networking consortium for research and education?

Internet2

In what year did NSFNet stop operating as the backbone of the Internet and return to being a research network?

1995

Approximately how many host computers are connected to the Internet today?

more than 550 million

When did the National Science Foundation of US funded the development of a network names NSFNET to connect super computer centers in the US

late 1980s

when did the National Science Foundation (NSF) connected its huge network of five supercomputers, called NSFNET, to ARPANET?

1986

Which organization is resposible for overseeing research and setting guidelines and standards for the internet?

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

What type of network does Internet2 provide to its members?

Cloud solutions and services

Who primarily collaborates within the Internet2 community?

Scholars, scientists, and researchers

In what year was Internet2 founded?

1996

It is a number that uniquely identifies the location of each computer or device connected to the internet or any other network

IP Address

What are the two IP addressing schemes?

IPv4 and IPv6

It is the text version of an IP address

domain name

It is the method that the internet uses to store domain names and their corresponding addresses

Domain Name System (DNS)

It translates the domain name into its associated IP address

DNS server

What year did the WWW emerged?

early 1990s

It consists of a worldwide collection of electronic documents

WWW or the Web

It is a collection of related Web pages and associated items

website

It is a computer that delivers requested Web pages to your computer

Web server

It refers to Websites that provide a means fro users to interact

Web 2.0

It is a set of symbols that developers use to specify the headings, paragraphs, images, links, and other content element that a webpage contains

HTML

It allows users to access Web pages and Web 2.0 programs

Web browsers

It is the first page that a website displays web pages which provide links to other related web pages

homepage

It is the process of receiving information

Downloading

It is the unique address of a webpage

web address or URL