E1 LESSON 2 p1 | QUIZ 1

The most common means of accessing the internet is through the use of ____________

is a Belgian informatics engineer, computer scientist and author who proposed the first (pre www) hypertext system for CERN in 1987 and collaborated with Tim Berners-Lee on the World Wide Web from before it got its name.

He designed the historical logo of the WWW, organized the first International World Wide Web Conference at CERN in 1994and helped transfer Web development from CERN to the global Web consortium in 1995.

Together with Dr. James Gillies, Cailliau wrote ______________, the first book-length account of the origins of the World Wide Web

is connecting to the internet using telephone lines.

The method of connection is done like making a call over the telephone line with the aid of modem (modulator-demodulator).

One disadvantage of this type is the slow data transmission, and the telephone could not be utilized for voice communication while connected to the internet.

is also a method of connecting to the internet using telephone line but provides both data and voice communication, meaning you can use it both to talk and transmit data at the same time unlike the dial-up connection.

DSL data transmission is several times faster and is more reliable compared to the dial-up connection.

• True

• False

is online connection to the web by the use of cable lines already used by the cable television (TV) providers..