6. Invention of the Internet

Who is credited with the invention of the World Wide Web?

• Tim Berners-Lee

• Robert Kailau

• Mark Zuckerberg

• Bill Gates

What is the purpose of HTML?

• To encode or markup documents for web browsers

• To store information on servers

• To send and receive messages between computers

• To create web addresses

What was the first web browser called?

• World Wide Web

• Chrome

• Mosaic

• Safari

What is the function of servers in the internet?

• To store and serve information to clients

• To browse web pages

• To connect to other networks

• To encode HTML documents

What was the early internet primarily used for?

• Scientific communication

• Social media

• Online shopping

• Entertainment

What is the purpose of URLs?

• To identify the location of web documents

• To send and receive messages

• To store information on servers

• To browse web pages

What was the first computer network called?

• Arpanet

• Internet

• World Wide Web

• FTP

What did Tim Berners-Lee encourage the online community to do?

• Volunteer their time to create a better web browser

• Develop their own web servers

• Create more text-based systems

• Limit access to the internet

What decision did the managers at CERN make regarding Tim Berners-Lee's inventions?

• Make them Open Standards

• Keep them exclusive to CERN

• Sell them to the highest bidder

• Patent them for personal gain

What is the current number of internet users worldwide?

• Almost 5 billion

• Around 2 billion

• Around 7 billion

• Over 10 billion