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**1. Who coined the phrase 'World Wide Web'? ** Tim Berners-Lee in 1990. He's also considered by most people as the person who started the whole thing rolling. **2. How did the Internet Start and Why? ** It all started with the time-sharing of IBM computers in the early 1960s at universities such as Dartmouth and Berkeley in  the States. People would share the same computer for their <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">computing tasks. The Internet also received help from Sputnik! <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">After this Russian Satellite was launched in 1957, President <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> Eisenhower formed ARPA to advance computer networking and <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">communication. <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Plus, we won't even mention that whole industry where <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">people show their naughty bits. <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">3. Who was J.C.R. Licklider? **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Licklider is often referred to as the father of the Internet because <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">his ideas of interactive computing and a "Galactic Network" were <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">the seeds for the Internet. His ideas would be developed thru <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">DARPA,(Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) in 1962. <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Later he would help form ARPANET and the Internet was on it's way. <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Vinton Gray Cerf was another founding father of the Internet. He  <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">played a key role in the creation of the Net by developing <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">the TCP/IP protocols we use for the Internet. <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">4. What was ARPANET? **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">ARPANET stands for 'Advanced Research Projects Agency Network' <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Came about in the arena of Sputnik and the cold war. The military <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">needed a method of communicating and sharing all the information on  <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">computers for research and development. It would also be a handy <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">communication system if all traditional ways were wiped out in  <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">a nuclear attack! <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">5. What was the First long distance Connection? **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">In 1965 using a low speed dial-up telephone line, MIT <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">researcher Lawrence G. Roberts working with Thomas Merrill, <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">connected the TX-2 computer in Massachusetts to the Q-32 <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">in California. The phone lines weren't quite up to the task! <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">6. Who was Leonard Kleinrock? **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Kleinrock came up with the theory of packet switching, <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">the basic form of Internet connections. With a group <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">of UCLA graduate students on Oct. 29, 1969, Kleinrock <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">connected with the Stanford Research Institute but as  <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">they typed in the G in LOGIN -- the system crashed! <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">7.What is an Ethernet? **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">It's a protocol or system for a set of computer networking <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">technologies for local area networks (LANs), the origins of  <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">which came from Bob Metcalfe's Harvard's dissertation on   <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">"Packet Networks." <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">8. When was the first mouse introduced? **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The first computer mouse was introduced in 1968 by  <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Douglas Engelbart at the Fall Joint Computer Expo <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">in San Francisco. <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">9. Did Al Gore really invent the Internet? **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">No **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">, but give credit where credit is due. He did the most of  <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">any elected official to actively promote the Internet. However, <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">he wasn't even in Congress when ARPANET was formed in 1969 <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">or even when the term 'Internet' came into use in 1974. Gore was <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">first elected in 1976. <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Gore himself may be the cause of this Urban Legend or <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Internet myth - during a Wolf Blitzer CNN interview on  <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">March 9, 1999 - Al Gore did say: "During my service in the   <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">the Internet." <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Causing himself some ridicule but also paving the way for   <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">such future one-liners as: "I invented the environment!"  <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">10. Who coined the phrase 'information superhighway'? **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Wikipedia says Nam June Paik coined the phrase "information  <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">superhighway" in 1974. <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Al Gore popularized the phrase in the early 1990's. <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">11. Which decade really saw the explosion of the net? **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The 1990s. The Internet exploded into the mainstream with <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">the release of the first popular web browser Mosaic in 1993. <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">12. How fast is the Internet growing? **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Very fast! It took 38 years for radio to reach 50 million users, <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">13 years for TV, and only 5 years for the Internet. Source: <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">CyberAtlas.com <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">13. Number of Internet Users and Breakdown. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The Internet is roughly 35% English, 65% Non-English with <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">the Chinese at 14%. Yet only 13% of world's population, <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">812 million are Internet users as of Dec. '04. North America <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">has the highest continental concentration with 70% of the <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">people using the Internet. <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">14. Country with the highest percentage of net users? **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Sweden at 75%. <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">15. How big is the Internet's surfing world? **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Google's index now stands at over 8 billion pages. There are <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">now over a Billion Internet Users and that number is growing <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">rapidily. <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">16. What was the Net's first index called? **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Archie, other than library catalogs, this was the first <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">index created in 1989 by Peter Deutsch at McGill in Montreal. <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Although it spouted such others as Veronica and Jughead, Archie <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">was short for Archiver and had nothing to do with the <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">comic strip. <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Backrub was the original name for Google! Larry Page and Sergey <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Brin used this term for their search engine in 1996, Google as we  <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">know it debuted in 1998. The name Google is a twist on the word <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Googol, a number represented as 1 followed by 100 zeros. <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">17. Who coined the phrase 'The Web might be better than sex'? **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Bob Metcalfe in 1995. <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">18. What does HTTP stand for? **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">HyperText Transfer Protocol - it's the protocol for moving files <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">across the net; it requires two client programs. The HTTP client <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">and the server. <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">19. What is an ISP? **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Internet Service Provider - This is the service or company you use to  <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">access the Internet. <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">20. What is HTML? **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Hypertext Markup Language - it's the coded format language for <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">transmitting and creating hypertext web pages. <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">21. What are your average surfing habits according to Nielsen ** <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;">**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">NetRatings? **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Each month you usually visit 59 domains, view 1,050 pages allocating 45 <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">seconds for each page and spend about 25 hours doing all this net activity! <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Each surfing session lasts 51 minutes. <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">