What is Internet ?
- Today we live in a world of technology, where internet spins a web of interconnectivity around the globe. Through internet more than fifty million people in countries around the world have been connected. Internet was evolved in 1969, under the project named ARPANET(Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) to connect computers at different universities and U.S. defence. Soon after the people from different backgrounds such as engineers, scientists, students and researchers started using the network for exchanging information and messages.
- In 1990s the internetworking of ARPANET, NSFnet and other private networks resulted into Internet. Therefore, Internet is a ‘global network of computer networks’. It comprises of millions of computing devices that carry and transfer volumes of information from one device to the other. Desktop computers, mainframes, GPS units, cell phones, car alarms, video game consoles, are connected to the Net.
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Basic internet Computer Questions and Answers
Q: What is the internet?
(a) a single network
(b) a vast collection of different networks
(c) interconnection of local area networks
(d) none of the mentioned
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Q: What is an ‘intranet’?
(a) Internal internet is used to transfer information internally
(b) Internal internet is used to transfer information to the outside company.
(c) Internal network designed to serve the internal formational needs of a single organization.
(d) Internal network designed to transfer information between two organizations
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Q: __ servers store and manage files for network users.
(a) Authentication
(b) Main
(c) Web
(d) File
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Q: ISP stands for
(a) Internet Security Protocol
(b) Intelligent Service Package
(c) Internet Service Provider
(d) Intelligent Service Provider
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Q: Which one of the following protocols is not used on the internet?
(a) HTTP
(b) DHCP
(c) DNS
(d) none of the mentioned
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Q: What does the internet term “thread” refer to?
(a) A series of linked messages
(b) A self-replicating virus
(c) A category of browser
(d) A common fault in display devices
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Q: What’s the name of the program or service that lets you view e-mail messages ?
(a) Web browser
(b) E-mail clients
(c) E-mail id
(d) Internet
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Q: When sending an e-mail, the ______ line describes the contents of the message?
(a) to
(b) subject
(c) contents
(d) CC
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Q: http stands for
(a) hyper text transfer protocol
(b) hypertet transmission protocol
(c) high transfer transport protocol
(d) hyper transfer text protocol
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Q: Internet access by transmitting digital data over the wires of a local telephone network is provided by
(a) leased line
(b) digital subscriber line
(c) digital signal line
(d) none of the mentioned
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Q: Sending an e-mail is similar to __
(a) picturing an event
(b) narrating a story
(c) writing a letter
(d) creating a drawing
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Q: What does SMTP in an SMTP server stand for ?
(a) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
(b) Serve Message Text Process
(c) Short Messaging Text Process
(d) Short Messaging Transfer Protocol
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