Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Technology-GK

A virus hoax is usually an email that gets mailed in chain letter fashion describing some devastating highly unlikely type of virus, you can usually spot a hoax because there's no file attachment, no reference to a third party who can validate the claim and the general 'tone' of the message.

A protocol developed by Netscape to allow secure connections over the net.

URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. It is an address for a specific document found on the Web.

The Intel 8080 was a jazzed-up calculator chip. It was included in microcomputer kits which were little more than demonstration tools and did little except blink lights. Besides the 8080 chip, the Altair included a power supply, a front panel with a large number of lights and 256 bytes (not kilobytes) of memory. The kit sold for {$395} and had to be assembled.

A NIC is a Network Interface Card. Usually a card that is plugged into a computer's expansion slot.

Late 1960s: The Internet began with the U.S. Department of Defense’s project called ARPANET. In 1969, the first successful message was sent between UCLA and Stanford. This is considered the true birth of the Internet.

Early 1970s: The first email system was developed in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson. Networking research expanded, and the concept of connecting multiple networks (internetworking) started taking shape.

1980s: In 1983, the TCP/IP protocol became the standard for ARPANET, officially creating the Internet. During this decade, the term “Internet” came into use and networks expanded globally with projects like NSFNET.

Early 1990s: In 1991, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web (WWW), making the Internet user-friendly and accessible to the public. Commercial use of the Internet also grew rapidly during this period.

Conclusion: While many important developments occurred later, the Internet was first developed in the late 1960s with the creation of ARPANET. Therefore, the correct answer is Option D: Late 1960s.