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Internet and Web

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The Internet and Web encompass global networks, web portals, browsers, and online communication tools. This hub provides questions on basic internet concepts, email structures, and web terminology. Strong knowledge here is vital for scoring well in computer awareness sections.

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Internet and Web Questions

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Google launched its first ever internet browser laying a new foundation for a mass transition to web based computing. What has the browser been branded?

  1. Cocodle

  2. Google Chrome

  3. Google Chromania

  4. Blacle
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Google launched its first web browser in 2008, branding it as Google Chrome. The name was chosen to represent speed, simplicity, and a clean user interface. Chrome became the foundation for web-based computing with its focus on web applications and cloud services.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

______ is the man behind the World Wide Web. He originated the idea of sharing information freely via hyperlinks, created HTML (the basic language behind every web page) and came up with the idea of each web page having a unique address, or URL.

  1. Brewster Kahle

  2. Tim Berners Lee

  3. Jimmy Wales

  4. Bram Cohren
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989, created HTML, and proposed the system of unique URLs. He developed these while working at CERN to facilitate information sharing among researchers.

Multiple choice general knowledge

What is the full form of YAHOO

  1. Yes Another Hierarchy of Officious Oracle

  2. Yet Another Hierarchy of Official Oracle

  3. Yet Another Hierarchy of Officious Oracle

  4. Your Another Hierarchy of Official Oracle
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

YAHOO stands for 'Yet Another Hierarchy of Officious Oracle.' This playful name was chosen by founders Jerry Yang and David Filo as a reference to the fact that it was another directory of websites. Option A incorrectly uses 'Yes,' option B uses 'Official' instead of 'Officious,' and option D uses 'Your' instead of 'Yet.'

Multiple choice general knowledge

The Internet e-mail message format is collectively called MIME. What is the full form of MIME?

  1. Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

  2. Multipurpose Image Mail Extensions

  3. Multipurpose Internet Mail Encoder

  4. Multipurpose Interoperability Mail Encoder
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

MIME stands for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. It's a standard that extends the format of email to support text in character sets other than ASCII, multimedia content, and non-text attachments.