History of the World Wide Web

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Who is credited with connecting the hypertext idea to the World Wide Web?

  • Larry Page
  • Tim Berners-Lee (correct)
  • Sergey Brin
  • Jerry Yang

Which organization did Tim Berners-Lee found in 1994?

  • World Wide Web Foundation (correct)
  • Google
  • Yahoo
  • United States National Academy of Sciences

Who were the individuals behind BackRub, which later became Google?

  • Larry Page and Sergey Brin (correct)
  • Jerry Yang and David Filo
  • Tim Berners-Lee
  • Bill Gates and Paul Allen

Which browser made its appearance in 1994 after Mosaic?

<p>Netscape (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In Internet history, what technology came to the forefront in the late 1990s and 2000s?

<p>Instant Messaging (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of applications were noted as more prominent on the Internet by 2007?

<p>Voice and Video over IP (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the application layer protocol used by Browsers and Web servers?

<p>HTTP (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the context of the Internet, what is the purpose of MIME structure?

<p>To control the formats of Web control messages (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) represent in the context of the Internet?

<p>The virtual space on a Web server (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many GET requests are typically required to load the front page of a website like www.google.ca?

<p>1 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which historical aspect is associated with the World Wide Web?

<p>History of the World Wide Web (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of server does Concordia.ca use in its client-server architecture?

<p>Web server (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the ASCII request line in an HTTP request message?

<p>To indicate the type of commands (GET, POST, HEAD) being used (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In an HTTP request message, what does 'Connection: close' indicate?

<p>Requesting to close the current connection after the request is processed (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What signifies the end of an HTTP request message?

<p>Extra carriage return (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which component in a Web server typically stores information about various files and directories available?

<p>index.html (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does 'HTTP' stand for in 'HTTP/1.1'?

<p>Hypertext Transfer Protocol (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which element in an HTTP request message identifies the specific domain where the resource is located?

<p>Host (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which protocol is typically used for secure web browsing?

<p>TLS/SSL (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which protocol is used for retrieving email from a mail server?

<p>IMAP (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which protocol is used for transferring files between a client and a server?

<p>FTP (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which routing protocol runs over the Internet Layer and helps in routing decisions?

<p>BGP (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which protocol is associated with real-time communication such as voice calls over the internet?

<p>SIP (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which protocol is used for error reporting and diagnostic functions in IP networks?

<p>ICMP (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which element is used to display text exactly as it is entered without any formatting changes?

<p>Preformatted (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In HTML, which tag is used for subscript text?

<p>&lt;sub&gt; (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What element is commonly used to represent important text with bold formatting in most browsers?

<p>Strong (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which tag is used in HTML for inserting text that will appear with a smaller font size?

<p>&lt;small&gt; (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a document type declaration typically used for in HTML?

<p>Declare the DOCTYPE version of the HTML (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In HTML, which element is used to define a line break without inserting a blank line?

<p>&lt;br&gt; (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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