IT ENGLISH: Research Project Topics - History of the Internet

Which computer network emerged in the 1950s and 1960s primarily for academic and military purposes?

• SAGE air defense system

• ARPANET

• World Wide Web

• Usenet

What year did the ARPANET become operational?

• 1950

• 1969

• 1979

• 1990

Which protocols were developed in the 1970s, creating the foundation for the modern internet?

• TCP/IP

• HTTP/HTTPS

• FTP

• SMTP

Who sent the first networked email in 1971?

• Ray Tomlinson

• Tim Berners-Lee

• Mark Zuckerberg

• Larry Page

What system was created in 1979, allowing users to post and read messages on various topics?

• ARPANET

• World Wide Web

• Usenet

• DNS

What was introduced in 1983 to simplify internet navigation?

• TCP/IP

• HTTP

• DNS

• FTP

Who developed the World Wide Web in 1990?

• Ray Tomlinson

• Tim Berners-Lee

• Mark Zuckerberg

• Larry Page

Which web browser was created in 1990 and later renamed Nexus?

• WorldWideWeb

• Netscape Navigator

• Google Chrome

• Mozilla Firefox

When did the internet transition from primarily academic and government use to commercial use?

• 1950s

• 1970s

• 1990s

• 2000s

Which company was founded in 1998 and became the dominant search engine?

• Yahoo

• Google

• Bing

• Ask Jeeves