Web authoring Quiz 1

What does WWW mean?

• World Wide Wed

• World Wide Web

• World Web Wide

• World Web Width

What is the name of the scientist that invented the WWW

(a)  

Answer explanation

Sir Tim Berners Lee came up with the idea of an information management system in 1989, creating the first web browser and web server

What is the full meaning of W3C?

• World Wide Consortium

• World Web Consortium

• World Wide Web Consortium

• Wide Web Consortium

The internet is the same as the world wide web?

• True

• False

The internet is defined as …

• A network of connected machines.

• A network of connected web pages.

• Technology driven by HTML.

The Internet already existed before the world wide web?

• True

• False

Tim Berners Lee created all the following except...

• HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

• the HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

• The Internet

• The first web browser

What web protocol was royalty free and people didn’t have to pay a licence to use?

(a)  

Answer explanation

The HTTP protocol was royalty free people didn’t have to pay a licence to use it and this attracted interest from commercial organisations who saw the potential for generating income through the creation of web services. 

Early attempts to make money from the World Wide Web was popularly referred to as what?

• dot.com boom

• World web boom

• Ecommerce

• Online wealth

Companies such as MySpace and YouTube launched in the early...

• 80's

• 90's

• 2000's