Do You Know History of Internet Flashcards

Are you knowledgeable about the history of the internet? The history of the internet has it’s origin in the efforts of extensive area networking, which was conceived in several computer science laboratories in the United States, France, and the United Kingdom. Read and study these informative flashcards to learn more about the history of the internet and take this quiz to see what you learned.

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ARPANET
-Born at UCLA -Advanced Research Project Agency Network-Precursor to today's internet
Tim Berners-Lee
- At CERN = Center for European Nuclear Research- Invented a standard programming language called HTML(Hypertext Markup Language, and Protocol)
WWW
-World Wide Web was born after HTTP- Resides on the internet
Protocol Address
- IP- In order to identify and communicate throughout the network
Uniform Resource Locators
- URL's
- HTTP refers to the standard protocol or the rules of exchanging files- WWW refers to the world wide web- refers to domain, name of the website- .COM is the domain code
Website
- A collection of web pages on a server which can be requested by a client and displayed with browser application software which exists on a server somewhere on the World Wide Web
HTML
- Allows the web pages to display text, images, videos and much more
Hyperlinks
- A clickable navigation element in a webpage or another webpage of the same website, or even a completely new website
Cookies
- Text files sent to a browser and then sent back to unchanged by the browser to the originating server- Used for tracking and maintaining specific information about users, such as site preference and the contents of their electronic shopping carts
Graphic Files ( GIF, JPEG)
- Web browsers display images with Joint Photographic Expert Group (JPEG) and Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) file formats
JavaScript
- Are client-side (user) programs that allow the browser to run small applications, like clocks and calendars that up on a web page
Security
- The internet and World Wide Web are public, which means that your browser and computer can be compromised by outside hackers. 
Pop- up blockers
Separate  browser windows  that are   programmed by website designers  to open  extra browser windows   without user interaction,  typically  an advertisement. 
ISP (internet Sever Provider)
Business or organization that provides people with access to the internet