Early Habits of the Internet

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Facts about early web culture, online communities, and internet terminology.

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1. Which protocol, developed in 1988, supports real-time text chat among multiple users?

   1. NNTP
   2. FTP
   3. SMTP
   4. IRC
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   D) IRC

2. On forums, what is the structure formed by replies to a post called?

   1. A tag cloud
   2. A user profile
   3. An RSS feed
   4. A thread
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   D) A thread

3. In online help documents, what does the abbreviation “FAQ” stand for?

   1. Fast Access Queries
   2. Frequently Added Quotes
   3. Frequently Asked Questions
   4. File Allocation Queue
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   C) Frequently Asked Questions

4. In which year was the first release of the NCSA Mosaic web browser published?

   1. 1997
   2. 1993
   3. 1991
   4. 1995
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   B) 1993

5. Which protocol is specified by RFC 959, published in 1985, for transferring files?

   1. FTP
   2. NNTP
   3. SMTP
   4. HTTP
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   A) FTP

6. At which host address was CERN's historic first website hosted?

   1. home.mit.edu
   2. www.nsf.gov
   3. www.w3.org
   4. info.cern.ch
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   D) info.cern.ch

7. What is the abbreviation for the markup language used to structure web pages?

   1. FTP
   2. CSS
   3. HTML
   4. SMTP
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   C) HTML

8. What is a person who posts provocative messages online to elicit reactions called?

   1. A troll
   2. A moderator
   3. A subscriber
   4. An archivist
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   A) A troll

9. What are the topic-based discussion groups on Usenet, which emerged in 1980, called?

   1. Mailing lists
   2. Newsgroups
   3. Chat channels
   4. Weblogs
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   B) Newsgroups

10. What kind of website content do RSS feeds help users follow?

    1. Domain registrations
    2. New content updates
    3. User passwords
    4. Network connection settings
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    B) New content updates