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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who invented the Internet?
A
Steve Jobs
B
More than one person
C
Al Gore
D
William Shockley
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Who invented the internet? No one person invented the internet. When networking technology was first developed, a number of scientists and engineers brought their research together to create the ARPANET. Later, other inventors’ creations paved the way for the web as we know it today.

Detailed explanation-2: -Computer scientists Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn are credited with inventing the Internet communication protocols we use today and the system referred to as the Internet.

Detailed explanation-3: -Technology advanced into the 1970s with the work of two scientists, Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf who developed a “communications model, ” standardizing how data was transmitted in multiple networks. ARPANET adopted this on Jan. 1, 1983, and the “modern” internet was born.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vinton Gray Cerf ForMemRS (/sɜːrf/; born June 23, 1943) is an American Internet pioneer and is recognized as one of “the fathers of the Internet", sharing this title with TCP/IP co-developer Bob Kahn.

Detailed explanation-5: -Bettmann/CORBISNikola Tesla imagined a global network called the “world telegraphy system.” The idea was essentially to set up a center capable of transmitting messages all around the globe at the speed of light. However, the idea sounded completely far-fetched and Morgan eventually stopped funding Tesla’s experiments.

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