History of the internet

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Belen Ramirez
Williams
Computer Apps/Period 6
27 February 2012
Internet History Questions
  1. When the “Internet” was first developed or thought of? By who?
    1. It was first thought in the 1950s, and Tim Berners-Lee developed it.
  2. What was it originally called?
    1. Arpa Net
  3. What was the date of the first Internet transmission? What happened?
    1. It happened on October 29, 1969, and it crashed when Leonard Kleinrock tried to send a message.
  4. Why was the Internet developed?
    1. the U.S. Department of defense researchers could share information with each other
  5. Who were the first “people” (not person) to use the Internet?
    1. Secret Service
  6. When was email developed?
    1. 1965
  7. What is TCP/IP used for?
    1. to exchange information over a network they need to use a protocol
  8. What did the National Science Foundation do to help the Internet?
    1. it managed the internet from 1990 to 1995 when it was known as the NSFNET
  9. Why was Archie created?
    1. it was the first search engine
  10. What happened in 1991 that made the Internet “user-friendly”?
    1. the world wide web was established
11.What significant event took place in 1989?
  1. Apple Macintosh Computer were released
12.What did Michael Dertouzos do for the Internet?
    1. helped set standards for the world wide web and to make sure that different programs wouldnt require individual software
13.Who was the first national commercial online service? When did they go online?
  1. Delphi in the year of 1992
14.Approximately, when did the Internet become as we know it today?
    1. about 1991 when the ARPANET ended
15.What are some of the current trends in technology today?
    1. social networks, and emails
Write out the definitions for the following vocabulary words:
  1. Routers – A device that forwards data packets of a computer network
  2. FTP – Transfer from one computer or system to another, especially on the internet
  3. TCP/IP – Set of communications protocls used for the Internet and other similar networks
  4. Email – electonic mail, system of world wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message
  5. Archie – A tool for finding files on anonymouse FTP sites
  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 – Protocols the take from a request for information and a response with information
  8. Gopher – Application layer protocol that is used for searching, distributing and retrieving documents over the internet
  9. Spider – computer robot programs that search engines to roam the World Wide Web
  10. DSL – medium for transferring data over regular phone lines and can be used to connect to the internet