Internet and Web Knowledge Quiz

The internet is defined as a global network connecting millions of computers through dedicated routers and servers.

• True

• False

The 'Inter-' prefix in 'Internet' is from Old English, meaning a mesh or web-like structure.

• True

• False

Telephone companies primarily provide internet access using cable modems.

• True

• False

ARPANET sent its first message in 1969 between UCLA and Stanford.

• True

• False

Email was invented in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson, who used the '@' symbol to separate the user name from the computer name.

• True

• False

The TCP/IP protocol was adopted in 1993, standardizing internet communication.

• True

• False

The Domain Name System (DNS) acts as the 'phonebook' of the Internet, translating human-readable domain names into IP addresses.

• True

• False

The World Wide Web was created by Tim Berners-Lee between 1989 and 1991.

• True

• False

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is an application-layer protocol that defines rules for transferring web content between clients and servers.

• True

• False

A web browser is a program or system that stores, processes, and delivers web pages to clients using HTTP or HTTPS.

• True

• False