COMPUTER NETWORKING

INTRODUCTION

INTERNET HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
was the internet made for the military?
A
true
B
false
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -As a military venture, Arpa had a specifically military motivation for creating the internet: it offered a way to bring computing to the front lines. In 1969, Arpa had built a computer network called Arpanet, which linked mainframes at universities, government agencies, and defense contractors around the country.

Detailed explanation-2: -Version 4 of TCP/IP was installed in the ARPANET for production use in January 1983 after the Department of Defense made it standard for all military computer networking. Access to the ARPANET was expanded in 1981, when the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded the Computer Science Network (CSNET).

Detailed explanation-3: -TIM BERNERS-LEE (1955–) Creator of the World Wide Web who developed many of the principles we still use today, such as HTML, HTTP, URLs and web browsers. There was no “Eureka!” moment.

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