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Review for Module 1

All questions and correct answers for this module.

Correct Answer:

Network

Explanation:

A Network is a set of devices, nodes, or stations interconnected by media links.

1. This a set of devices, nodes, or stations interconnected by media links.

2. What are systems of interrelated computers and computer equipment connected through a network infrastructure like the public telephone network called?

3. A public data communications network used by millions of people worldwide is known as the:

4. What is a private data communications network used by companies for their employees and resources called?

5. Which of the following is a server-based application that allows subscribers to access its offered services?

6. In 1753, one of the earliest methods of electrical communication involved a system with how many wires?

7. Who invented the first data communication system, the telegraph, in 1832?

8. In 1833, which scientist developed a communication system based on a 5x5 matrix for 25 letters?

9. In what year was the American patent for the telegraph granted?

10. What was the first message sent on the telegraph line between Baltimore and Washington D.C. in 1844?

11. What was invented in 1849 in the history of data communications?

12. Which company was formed in 1850 for the purpose of carrying coded messages?

13. In 1860, what speed did the newly available 'high-speed' printers achieve?

14. Who invented a telegraph multiplexer in 1874 that allowed multiple signals on a single wire?

15. Who is credited with inventing the telephone in 1875?

16. In 1899, Guglielmo Marconi succeeded in sending what type of messages?

17. What significant development in radio technology occurred in 1920?

18. Which German engineer demonstrated a computing machine in the 1930s?

19. What technology did Bell Laboratories use to develop the first special-purpose computer in 1940?

20. What does ENIAC, the first modern-day computer developed in 1946, stand for?

21. In 1949, the U.S. National Bureau of Standards developed the first computer capable of what?

22. What was the primary input interface for 'batch processing' computers in the 1950s?

23. The first general-purpose computer was developed jointly by Harvard University and which corporation?

24. What does UNIVAC, the first mass-produced electronic computer from 1951, stand for?

25. In the 1960s, what type of systems largely replaced batch-processing systems?

26. What did the landmark US Supreme Court Carterfone decision of 1968 allow?

27. The internet began to evolve in 1969 through a project by which agency?

28. What type of computers, controlled by microprocessors, were developed in the 1970s?

29. During which decade did personal computers become an essential item in homes and workplaces?

30. What major event happened to AT&T in 1983 as a result of an anti-trust suit?

31. The United States National Science Foundation (NSF) funded a high-speed backbone from the mid-1980s to 1995 called what?

32. Who built the prototype system that became the World Wide Web at CERN in 1989?

33. In 1991, Anders Olsson achieved a data rate of 32 billion bits per second by transmitting what through an optical fiber?

34. Who sent the first SMS (or text message) in 1992?

35. What form of broadcasting was born in 1994?

36. By 1999, what percentage of Australians had a mobile phone?

37. The first digital cinema transmission by satellite in Europe occurred in what year?

38. Which company launched the iTunes Music Store in 2003?

39. Which social networking site was launched in 2003?

40. Facebook, which would become the world's largest social networking site, was launched in what year?

41. Which video sharing site was launched in 2005?

42. In what year was the microblogging service Twitter introduced?

43. What does the acronym DARPA stand for?

44. What does the acronym DCA stand for?

45. What does the acronym NSF stand for?

46. What does the acronym FNC stand for?

47. What does the acronym CCIRN stand for?

48. What does the acronym COMM’L stand for in the context of internet development?

49. What does the acronym ISOC stand for?

50. What does the acronym W3C stand for?

51. What does the acronym WG stand for?

52. What does the acronym ICCB stand for?

53. What does the acronym IRG stand for?

54. What does the acronym ICB stand for?

55. What does the acronym IAB stand for?

56. What does the acronym TFs stand for?

57. What does the acronym IETF stand for?

58. What does the acronym IRTF stand for?

59. What was MILNET?

60. What does NSFNET stand for?

61. Which organization was responsible for the initial funding and oversight of the ARPANET?

62. Which agency managed network protocols and the transition of ARPANET?

63. The collaboration between DARPA, DCA, and which other organization helped expand the internet to academic use?

64. Which council was part of the internet development and included commercial organizations?

65. When was the Internet Society (ISOC) founded?

66. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the standards body for the WWW, was founded in what year?

67. What was the name of the early research group for ARPANET?

68. Which group was the successor to the ARPANET WG and focused on TCP/IP adoption?

69. Which board managed standards development in the early Internet?

70. Which group's role was to coordinate research into protocols?

71. Which board acted as an oversight body for Internet development?

72. Which body is responsible for strategic Internet architecture and standards oversight?

73. What are the specialized groups under the IAB called?

74. What is the main standards development body for Internet protocols?

75. Which task force focuses on long-term research on future Internet protocols?

76. What outlines the products and services necessary for components within a data communications network to work together?

77. Which network component directs data between an internal network and the internet?

78. What is the primary function of a Firewall in a network?

79. Which device connects multiple devices such as PCs and printers within an internal network?

80. What is the purpose of an IDS/IPS in a network architecture?