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History of the Internet

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Who developed the idea of a universal network at the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)?

Donald Davies

Rand Corporation

J.C.R. Licklider (correct)

Paul Baran

Which country's researchers were particularly involved in international collaboration for developing the Internet Protocol Suite?

Russia

United Kingdom (correct)

India

China

Who proposed a distributed network based on data in message blocks in the early 1960s?

J.C.R. Licklider

Paul Baran (correct)

Donald Davies

United States Department of Defense

In which establishment did Donald Davies conceive of packet switching in 1965?

National Physical Laboratory (NPL) Signup and view all the answers

Which field was an emerging discipline in the late 1950s that began to consider time-sharing between computer users?

Computer Science Signup and view all the answers

Where did Paul Baran work when he proposed a distributed network based on data in message blocks?

RAND Corporation Signup and view all the answers

Match the following individuals with their contributions to the development of computer networks:

J.C.R. Licklider = Developed the idea of a universal network at IPTO Paul Baran = Proposed a distributed network based on data in message blocks Donald Davies = Conceived of packet switching at NPL Tim Berners-Lee = Invented the World Wide Web Signup and view all the answers

Match the following concepts with their descriptions in the development of the Internet:

Time-sharing = Concept considered between computer users in the late 1950s Packet switching = Concept conceived by Davies in 1965 Universal network = Idea developed by Licklider at IPTO Distributed network = Idea proposed by Baran based on message blocks Signup and view all the answers

Match the following countries with their role in international collaboration for developing computer networks:

United States = Involved in research and development for Internet Protocol Suite United Kingdom = Conceived of a national commercial data network France = Participated in international collaboration for network development Germany = Pioneered early experiments in computer networking Signup and view all the answers

Match the following organizations with their involvement in the history of the Internet:

RAND Corporation = Where Paul Baran proposed a distributed network National Physical Laboratory (NPL) = Where Donald Davies conceived of packet switching ARPA = Department of Defense agency where universal network idea was developed IPTO = Office within the Department of Defense involved in network research Signup and view all the answers