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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The History Of The Internet

Which institute received the first ARPANET message sent from UCLA in 1969?

Answer

Stanford Research Institute

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• The History Of The Internet

Which packet radio network at the University of Hawaii began operating in 1971?

Answer

ALOHAnet

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• The History Of The Internet

Which engineer managed IANA for many years and edited numerous early RFCs?

Answer

Jon Postel

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• The History Of The Internet

Which experimental satellite network linked early Internet research sites in the 1970s?

Answer

SATNET

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• The History Of The Internet

Which RFC first specified the Transmission Control Program in 1974?

Answer

RFC 675

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which company introduced the Safari web browser in 2003?

Answer

Apple

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which protocol was designed by Phil Zimmermann for email encryption in 1991?

Answer

PGP

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which web browser did the Mozilla Foundation release in 2004?

Answer

Firefox

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which online community was founded by Stewart Brand and Larry Brilliant in 1985?

Answer

The WELL

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which bulletin board system launched in Chicago in 1978?

Answer

CBBS

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Which search tool for FTP archives is often called the first Internet search engine?

Answer

Archie

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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Who coined the term packet switching while working at the UK National Physical Laboratory?

Answer

Donald Davies

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