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Review Questions on Documentary – The Internet Behind the Web
Who envisioned the underlying idea of Internet in the 1950 and what did he envision?
During the cold war, US President had signed a contract to start a new agency
working on defense researches. What is the full name of this agency and what is its
contribution in the history of Internet?
Who applied the queuing theory to evaluate communication systems? He also
developed two techniques to improve the overall speed of data transmission. What are
these two techniques?
In telephone network, the main technique for sending signals amongst two telephones
is called circuit switching. Then, what is the switching technique for sending data
amongst two computers on the network?
What did Paul Baran propose in the computer network design?
What is the disadvantage of circuit switching?
When did the first implementing computer network alive?
What is contribution of Bob Taylor in the computer network design?
Who built the first experimental connection between two computers and where did he
built it?
What is(are) the function(s) of interface message processors (IMP)?
Which firm built the first IMP?
For the APRANET project, four universities are initially involved in setting up the
experimental network. What are these four universities and what mainframe
computers they had at that time?
In April 1971, how many mainframe computers were connected?
What killer application dramatically changed the use of APRANET and who
developed that killer application?
In 1972, how many mainframe computers were connected?
In the first international conference on computer communication, how many ideas had
been demonstrated?
In 1973, Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn teamed up to do something. What is it?
What is the purpose of gateway?
When was the TCP/IP adopted as the universal standard for communication amongst
different computer networks?
What is the major non-technical milestone in the history of Internet?
What is the contribution of Tim Berners-Lee in the history of Internet?
In 1992, how many web pages on the Internet?
When is the first browser developed and who developed it?