LESSON 16 (Development of The Internet) Flashcards
(46 cards)
The first artificial
earth satellite that was
launched by the Soviet Union
into the space in 1957.
Sputnik I
- a division of
the US Department of
Defense - It is designed to connect
networks in the US for
communication in case a
nuclear attack would happen.
Advanced Research Projects
Agency (ARPA)
-1958
-He saw the need to establish the
Advanced Research Projects
Agency (ARPA)
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1962
- He was chosen to head ARPA’s research to improve the military use of computer
technology. - He first proposed a global
network of computers and
move ARPA’s contracts to the
Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency (DARPA) to
supervise its development.
Dr. J.C.R Licklider
- 1965
- He developed the theory of
pocket switching to form the basis of internet connections.
Leonard Kleinrock
- He connected a Massachusetts computer
to a California computer through dial-up telephone lines.
Lawrence Roberts
- It was developed by Lawrence Roberts after he moved over to DARPA in 1966.
- It was first brought online in 1969.
ARPANET
It connecting four major computers at four different universities in South-western US, these are the University of California, Los Angeles; Stanford Research Institute; California Sta. Barbara; and the University of Utah.
The ARPANET
By the mid-1900’s, it became widely
used in school, libraries, governments,
companies, businesses, and banking and
by individuals.
Internet
Year where the first e-mail program was
created
1972
He was the first
man who sent the first e-mail message
Ray Tomlinson
It is the symbol
to link the username and address.
@ (ampersand)
It was used by the ARPANET to
transfer data.
Network Control Protocol or NCP
They recognized Al Gore in a paper entitled “Al Gore and the Internet.”
Bob Kahn and Vinton Cerf
It has supported the growth and development the Internet from the 1970s up to the present.
Al Gore
- 1974
- It was developed by Dr. Robert Metcalfe
ETHERNET
What Atlantic packet was born in 1976?
SATNET
What decentralized news
group network was developed in 1979?
- Is a worldwide computer network that covers up thousands of discussion groups called newsgroups.
- It was used to exchange news, comments, and questions on specific topics.
USENET
They made USENET and they’re graduate student of Duke University.
Jim Ellis and Tom Truscott
It introduced the BITNET or Because It’s Time Network.
IBM
- 1981
- It is a wide area network that linked computers at
different schools and institutions. - is used to spread out news of developments in academic research.
BITNET
What university created Domain Name System or DNS?
University of Wisconsin
It allowed packets to be directed to domain names, and to be translated by the server database into related IP numbers.
Domain Name System or DNS
Who developed a new technique in
distributing information on the
Internet in 1989?
Timothy Berners-Lee.
