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The Internet

written by: Sia
 
The Internet is the biggest decentralized computer network in the world, connecting millions of computers in over 100 countries.

Question 1:


This country has more Internet Service Providers than any other non-English speaking country.
Brazil
Romania
Czech republic
Russia

Question 2:


Development of a global computer network was first proposed in this year, by J.C.R. Licklider.
1982
1952
1972
1962

Question 3:


This was the first popular WWW browser. Microsoft's Internet Explorer is also based on it.
Netscape Navigator
lynx
NCSA Mosaic
Opera

Question 4:


Cables are essential for the transfer of data. The first cable to transfer instantaneous communications across the ocean was laid in this year.
1908
1924
1858
1950

Question 5:


It was the Internet's progenitor and the first large geographically separated network.
UUCP
NSFNET
CSNET
ARPANET

Question 6:


The first e-mail message was sent in this year by Ray Tomlinson.
1979
1964
1971
1983

Question 7:


This person wrote HTTP, the language in which browsers and web servers communicate.
Tim Berners-Lee
Douglas Engelbart
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs

Question 8:


This is how long it took the Internet to attract 50 million users.
10 years
4 years
20 years
5 years

Question 9:


This program pretends to be useful, while executing malicious code.
Trojan horse
Worm
Logic bomb
Virus

Question 10:


In 1995, this famous American computer outlaw was caught while stealing electronic mail and software. In 1996 he released the book "Takedown: The Pursuit and Capture of America's Most Wanted Computer Outlaw -- By The Man"
Kevin Mitnick
Vladimir Levin
Tsutomu Shimomura
Robert Morris

 
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