COMPUTER NETWORKING

INTRODUCTION

INTERNET HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the first government network to use TCP/IP protocol?
A
Netscape
B
.gov
C
Arpanet
D
Napster
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) was the first public packet-switched computer network. It was first used in 1969 and finally decommissioned in 1989.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first workable prototype of the Internet came in the late 1960s with the creation of ARPANET, or the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. Originally funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, ARPANET used packet switching to allow multiple computers to communicate on a single network.

Detailed explanation-3: -ARPANET finished the transition to using TCP/IP in 1983. Paul Mockapetris and Jon Postel implemented the first DNS in 1983. The NSFNET (National Science Foundation Network) came online in 1986. It was a backbone for ARPANET, before eventually replacing ARPANET in the early 1990s.

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