Web Tech - Internet Basics

The Internet and World Wide are the same thing.

• True
• False

The government owns the Internet.

• True
• False

In 1965 the US Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency began working with the RAND Corporation to develop the first Internet prototype.  The prototype was known as

• Arparand
• Arpanet
• Internet backbone
• InterRand

The physical network, usually relying on fiber optic cable and satellites, that carries Internet traffic between different networks is known as the

• Internet backbone
• World Wide Web
• Web backbone
• Internet Search Engines

The part of the URL following the http or www is the

• domain name
• port
• data packet
• ISP

This protocol comes into play by assigning each computer on the Internet a unique Internet Protocol Address so that the information can get from the sending computer to the receiving computer.

• Internet Protocol
• Web Address Protocol
• Transfer Protocol
• Transmission Control Protocol

Who developed the Hypertext Markup Language?

• Bill Gates
• Tom Dooley
• Tim Berners-Lee
• Mosaid

A set of established rules were created for the different types of information that is being sent over the Internet.  These rules are

• packets
• Internet laws
• protocols
• queries

An organization that provides services for accessing, using, or participating in the Internet.  They may be organized in various forms, such as commercial, community-owned, non-profit or otherwise privately owned.

• Service Lines
• Digital Subscriber Providers
• Client Server Providers
• Internet Service Providers

All web pages and documents on the World Wide Web have a specific address, which is used to access them online.  This address is known as the

• IP
• ISP
• HTML
• URL