History+of+Computers

Jason Cowen Mrs. Williams Computer Apps. P3 27 February 2012 **Internet History Questions ** 1) When was the “Internet” was first developed or thought of? By who? a) 1950s Created by Leonard Kleinrock 2) What was it originally called? a) World Wide Web 3) What was the date of the first Internet transmission? What happened? a) October 29, 1969. The server crashed 4) Why was the Internet developed? a) The U.S. was competing with Russia for the race to space 5) Who were the first “people” (not person) to use the Internet? a) The Secret Service 6) When was email developed? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">a) The early 1970s <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">7) What is TCP/IP used for? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">a) Used for a transmission of data from an application to a network. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">8) What did the National Science Foundation do to help the Internet? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">a) Was designed for researchers and the Country. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">9) Why was Archie created? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">a) Was a search engine but it crashed. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">10) What happened in 1991 that made the Internet “user-friendly”? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">a) They upgraded the internet to make it friendly and accesable.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">11) What significant event took place in 1989? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">a) When the internet was actually popular in peoples homes and free.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">12) What did Michael Dertouzos do for the Internet? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">a) promote and develop standards for the web <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">13) Who was the first national commercial online service? When did they go online? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> a) First commercial online services went live in 1979. Compuserve <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">14) Approximately, when did the Internet become as we know it today? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> a) 1996 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">15)What are some of the current trends in technology today? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> a) Social networking and viral videos <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Write out the definitions for the following vocabulary words:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Routers – A device in a network that handles message transfers between computers.


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">FTP – Transfers files from one computer over the network.


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">TCP/IP –Internet Protocol Suites the set of communications used for internet at other devices.


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Email – system for sending and receiving messages electronically


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


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


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Client-server architecture – Architecture of a computer network in which many clients request and receive service from a centralized server.


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Gopher – a TCP/IP application layer protocol designed for distributing, searching, and retrieving documents.


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Spider - A program that automatically fetches Web pages. Spiders are used to feed pages to search engines.


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