World Wide Web History Quiz

Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist, invented the World Wide Web in 1989.

A program created by Tim Berners-Lee in 1980 to track connections between people and projects at CERN.

The web envisioned by Berners-Lee aimed at making vast information freely available to all.

The increasing network of computers growing since 1963 transformed communication.

Political and commercial interests can affect the intended free access of the web.

HTML (hypertext markup language) and HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)

Open access and global benefit

1991

Global communication and information sharing

J.C.R. Licklider, an American psychologist and computer scientist, was a strong advocate for the use of computers.

Licklider headed the Information Processing Techniques Office at the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) in the US government.

Arpanet, an early internet precursor developed from 1963, connected research computers by Licklider's initiative.

Data transfer standardization from 1978-1983, becoming mandatory in 1983, eventually led to the modern internet.

1983 is often considered the 'official' birth year of the internet.

Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist, invented the World Wide Web in 1989.

The idea that the web's development and evolution are a result of contributions from many individuals and organizations.

The vision is for a web that is accessible and beneficial to everyone, shaped by collective efforts.

To provide everyone with access to vast information freely available.

The World Wide Web aims to connect people by providing a system to access and share information globally.

The World Wide Web is built on HTML (for webpage formatting) and HTTP (for communication between servers and browsers).

The World Wide Web was designed by Tim Berners-Lee to be freely accessible to everyone, unlike other technology inventions.

Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, developed the World Wide Web in 1989 at CERN.

The W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), founded by Tim Berners-Lee, continually develops new standards for the Web.

Eric Kandel's research focused on how synapses, the connections between neurons, play a crucial role in memory formation and learning.

He proposed the "steady state theory" of the universe, suggesting that new matter is constantly created to maintain a constant density.

Peter Higgs proposed a theory explaining why elementary particles have mass. His theory involves the Higgs field and the Higgs boson, a fundamental particle.

She calculated trajectories for space missions, including Alan Shepard's first flight and Apollo 11.

Mario Molina's work revealed the damaging effects of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) on the ozone layer, leading to international regulations.

He proposed the "electroweak theory", which unifies the weak and electromagnetic forces.

Lap-Chee Tsui's breakthrough was identifying the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease.

She discovered that stars in the outer parts of spiral galaxies move just as fast as stars closer to the center, contradicting Newtonian gravity.

Donna Strickland co-invented chirped pulse amplification (CPA), a groundbreaking technique for creating high-intensity laser pulses.

He developed a theory explaining the origin of mass in elementary particles, predicting the existence of the Higgs boson.

They discovered that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) destroy the ozone layer.

She developed "Chirped Pulse Amplification" (CPA) to create short, intense laser pulses.

He discovered the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis.

Mae Carol Jemison traveled in space aboard the space shuttle Endeavour in 1992.

She studied telomeres and telomerase, which are involved in cell lifespan and cancer development.

Fred Hoyle was a British astrophysicist who made significant contributions to our understanding of the universe. He proposed the theory that elements are created within stars through nuclear reactions and was a staunch proponent of the steady state theory.

The steady state theory suggests that the universe has always existed, with a constant average density. It posits that new matter is continuously created to maintain this density even as the universe expands.

The Big Bang theory, often called the 'Big Bang' for short, is the dominant cosmological model for the universe's origin. It posits that the universe began from a hot, dense state and has expanded since then.

Irene Uchida was a Canadian medical geneticist who dedicated her career to understanding the impact of genes and chromosomes on human health.

Congenital heart disease is the presence of a heart defect at birth. It can be caused by a variety of factors, including genetic predisposition.

Katherine Johnson was a pioneering American mathematician who played a crucial role in NASA's early space missions, particularly calculating trajectories for spacecraft.

Yvonne Brill was a Canadian engineer who made significant contributions to the development of propulsion systems for spacecraft, particularly for weather satellites and rocket engines.

The electroweak theory, proposed by Abdus Salam, unifies two fundamental forces of nature: the weak interaction and the electromagnetic force. It explains how subatomic particles interact through these forces.