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How the Internet Came to Be By Shelby Ostergaard 2017

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Question 1

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PART A: Which of the following best identifies the main idea of the text?

The Internet reached its peak development at packet switching and has not changed significantly since then.

The Internet was initially created with the goal of allowing people to connect with their friends and family around the world.

The Internet was initially developed for limited communication among a select few, but since then it has evolved dramatically and is accessible by all.

While many people have contributed to the creation of the Internet, the most important contributor was Tim Berners-Lee.

Question 2

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PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

"The data had to travel across that path exactly and could only be accessed by one of the two devices in the circuit." (Paragraph 5)

"When Bob Taylor said 'talking online with someone at S.D.C.' in 1999, he both meant the same thing and a very different thing than we do now."  (Paragraph 7)

"The World Wide Web was invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 and it is the application used to create and view websites." (Paragraph 9)

"The Internet was created with the goal to make it easier for computer scientists to talk to one another. But it also made it easier for everyone else to talk to one another" (Paragraph 12)

Question 3

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What distinction does the author draw between packet switching and circuit switching?

Circuit switching and packet switching are different ways in which information can be accessed on multiple computers at once.

Packet switching allows a wireless connection while circuit switching requires a physical connection.

Packet switching allows information to be accessed on multiple computers, while circuit switching can only share data between two computers.

Circuit switching allows information to be accessed on various computers at the same time, while packet switching is the communication between two computers.

Question 4

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How do paragraphs 9-11 contribute to the author's explanation of the Internet?

This section explains the distinction between the World Wide Web and the Internet, which addresses a misunderstanding many users have.

This section criticizes the creators of the World Wide Web for creating a complex language for writing web pages on the Internet.

These paragraphs establish that the World Wide Web is a computer network system, while the Internet is an application people use on the World Wide Web.

This section illustrates how the World Wide Web is superior because, unlike the Internet, it can be used without a connection to a computer network system.