Internet

Question 1

ARPANET

Answer 1

Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
First Computer Network
Launched in 1969
4 supercomputer connected for military research, to share information.
Started by University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Santa Barbara
Stanford
University of Utah

Question 2

NSFnet

Answer 2

National Science Foundation Network

Question 3

CERN

Answer 3

European Center of Nuclear Research

Developed a system to share documents in a multi-platform environment.

Three major developments came from this:
• HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol)
• HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language)
• Web Browsers

Question 4

HTTP

Answer 4

(HyperText Transfer Protocol)

allows transfer of Web pages using a browser.

Question 5

FTP

Answer 5

(File Transfer Protocol)

Allows the transfer of file through the Internet from one computer to another.

Question 6

TCP/IP

Answer 6

(Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) Rules that computers use to communicate over the Internet.

Question 7

Packets

Answer 7

Pieces of data divided up for transit.
Packets contain information about the computer that sent the data and where the data is going.

If a packet runs into a problem in transit, it can attempt to find another route. When all the packets arrive at their destination, the computer reassembles them.

Question 8

IP Address

Answer 8

Internet Protocol (IP) address
A unique number assigned to every computer connected to the internet. (Current version – IPv4)
Each number in sequence ranges from 0 – 255 Example: 24.125.219.141

Question 9

Network

Answer 9

two or more computers that are connected for the purpose of sharing resources.

Question 10

LAN

Answer 10

Local Area Network A network of computers covering a small area.

Question 11

WAN

Answer 11

Wide Area Network A network of computers covering a large geographical area.

Question 12

HTML

Answer 12

HyperText Markup Language

The coding scheme used to format text for use in developing web pages.

Question 13

ISP

Answer 13

Internet Service Provider

A service company that provides a user with an account on a host computer to have access to the Internet