Introduction to Multimedia

Chapter 2: Multimedia Online

Go Online Activities 2.1

2.1 Learn about Online History

Introduction:
Learn about the origins of the Internet and the World Wide Web.

Directions:
Read the questions below.
Click on the Destination Site link(s) to open a new browser window.
Apply what you learn to answer the questions.
Check your work carefully, and click Submit.

Destination Site: Hobbes' Internet Timeline
Destination Site: Computer History Museum: Internet History

Note: If a link is inactive or to find other Internet sites with similar information, get permission from your teacher to use a search engine.
Here are some keywords you might use:
history of Internet, origins of World Wide Web

1
The U.S. government established the Advanced Research Projects Agency in 1957. According to the first timeline, what international event caused this agency to be formed?
2
Scientist Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web in 1990. What did the World Wide Web allow users to do?
3
According to the second Web site, what happened in 1988 that allowed e-mail to be sent over the Internet?
4
Though the terms are used interchangeably, the Internet and the Web are two separate entities Explain how they differ.
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