WEB BROWSERS TECHNOLOGY
THE INTERNET
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Question
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Len Kleinrock’s work led the creation of the Internet.
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The United States lost the technological race to the Soviet Union.
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Len Kleinrock hoped to create the Internet, but his attempt failed after the computer system crashed.
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The Internet was created as a result of an enormous accident.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Len Kleinrock hoped to create the Internet, but his attempt failed after the computer system crashed. The Internet was created as a result of an enormous accident.
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: -The Internet was first invented for military purposes, and then expanded to the purpose of communication among scientists. The invention also came about in part by the increasing need for computers in the 1960s.
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.
Detailed explanation-5: -It is a global communication system that links together thousands of individual networks. In other words, internet is a collection of interlinked computer networks, connected by copper wires, fiber-optic cables, wireless connections, etc. As a result, a computer can virtually connect to other computers in any network.