FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

WEB BROWSERS TECHNOLOGY

THE INTERNET

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.The United States was eager to invest more in science and technology research, ____ after the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik.
A
because
B
instead
C
finally
D
particularly
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), an arm of the U.S. Defense Department, funded the development of the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) in the late 1960s. Its initial purpose was to link computers at Pentagon-funded research institutions over telephone lines.

Detailed explanation-2: -Internet was based on the idea that there would be multiple independent networks of rather arbitrary design, beginning with the ARPANET as the pioneering packet switching network, but soon to include packet satellite networks, ground-based packet radio networks and other networks.

Detailed explanation-3: -Leonard Kleinrock, (born June 13, 1934, New York City), American computer scientist who developed the mathematical theory behind packet switching and who sent the first message between two computers on a network that was a precursor of the Internet.

Detailed explanation-4: -Why had Len Kleinrock and the other computer scientists gathered to observe the computer and the router? Suggested answer: They wanted to see whether information could successfully flow between the computer and the router through a long, grey cable that connected the two machines.

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