The early use of the Internet relied on protocols for transferring files or remote control of other terminals. Blogging did not emerge until later, in the 1990s....
1 B
The early use of the Internet relied on protocols for transferring files or remote control of other terminals. Blogging did not emerge until later, in the 1990s.
2 C
Carnivore, also called DCS1000, is a controversial software surveillance system that was developed by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The FBI used the system to search the e-mail and other Internet activity of identified criminal suspects during investigations circa 2000–02.
3 B
The acronym FTP stands for file transfer protocol, which was first proposed in the 1970s and made an international standard in 1985. It is used to transfer files from one computer to another.
4 C
Microsoft Corporation was founded by Bill Gates and Paul G. Allen in 1975.
5 B
Lada is a brand of car manufactured in Russia. Apple, Lenovo, and Dell are brands of computers sold worldwide.
6 D
A domain name is the address of a computer, organization, or other entity on a TCP/IP network such as the Internet. A domain name is ultimately mapped to an IP address, but two or more domain names can be mapped to the same IP address. A domain name must be unique on the Internet and must be assigned by a registrar accredited by ICANN.
7 B
American electronics engineer and computer designer Seymour R. Cray was the preeminent designer of the large high-speed computers known as supercomputers.
8 B
The first cell phone to feature the Android operating system was the T-Mobile G1, released on October 22, 2008. Android began in 2003 as a project of the American technology company Android Inc., to develop an operating system for digital cameras. In 2004 the project changed to become an operating system for smartphones.
9 B
Dell released its first notebook computer, the 316LT, in 1989. In 1991 Dell’s first colour notebook computer went on sale, and in 1994 Dell was the first company to offer long-lasting lithium-ion batteries.
10 C
Julian Assange is an Australian computer programmer who founded the media organization WikiLeaks in 2006 to serve as a clearinghouse for sensitive or classified documents. Through WikiLeaks, Assange released thousands of internal or classified documents from an assortment of government and corporate entities.
11 A
Java was created at Sun Microsystems, Inc., where James Gosling led a team of researchers to create a new language that would allow consumer electronic devices to communicate with each other. Java was first released in 1995.
12-A
Grace Hopper, an American mathematician and rear admiral in the U.S. Navy, was a pioneer in developing computer technology and is known for coining the term ‘bug’ to refer to unexplained computer failures.
