COMPUTER NETWORKING

INTRODUCTION

INTERNET HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Originally, the internet was used by scientist and researchers to ____
A
communicate during the cold war
B
store large files on cloud servers
C
find jobs
D
shop
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The internet got its start in the United States more than 50 years ago as a government weapon in the Cold War. For years, scientists and researchers used it to communicate and share data with one another.

Detailed explanation-2: -BOB KAHN (1938–) AND VINT CERF (1943–) American computer scientists who developed TCP/IP, the set of protocols that governs how data moves through a network. This helped the ARPANET evolve into the internet we use today.

Detailed explanation-3: -On October 29, 1969, ARPAnet delivered its first message: a “node-to-node” communication from one computer to another. (The first computer was located in a research lab at UCLA and the second was at Stanford; each one was the size of a small house.)

Detailed explanation-4: -’ It was the result of another research experiment which was called ARPANET, which stands for Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. This was initially supposed to be a communications system for the Defense Team of the United States of America-a network that would also survive a nuclear attack.

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