Internet History Quiz

What is the Internet?

• A type of smartphone

• A type of video game

• A standalone computer system

• A global system of interconnected computer networks

Who created HTML, a text browser, and a graphical user interface (GUI) browser?

• Tim Cook

• Tim Berners-Lee

• Bill Gates

• Steve Jobs

What does the acronym HTML stand for?

• Hypertext Markup Language

• High-Tech Multimedia Language

• Hyperlink Text Language

• Home Tool Management Language

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

What does HTTP stand for?

• High-Tech Protocol

• Hypertext Transfer Program

• Hypertext Transfer Protocol

• Home Tool Program

What is a web server?

• A type of spider

• A type of browser

• A type of search engine

• A computer that stores websites

What is the role of a search engine?

• To send and receive web pages

• To create web pages

• To help people find information online

• To store websites

When was the first-ever instant message over the ARPANET sent?

• 1969

• 1957

• 1985

• 1994

Who launched the popular online shopping website in 1994?

• Elon Musk

• Mark Zuckerberg

• Jack Ma

• Jeff Bezos

When was the Domain Name System (DNS) created?

• 2006

• 1983

• 1990

• 1969

What was introduced by Google CEO Eric Schmidt in 2006?

• Social media revolution

• Wireless connections

• Mobile technologies

• Cloud computing