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Internet Quiz 2.0
By the Science Channel

The Internet is now such an everyday part of our lives, it seems hard to imagine how we ever lived without it. Was it really just a little more than 20 years ago that the fascinating new tool called the Net began entering our homes and businesses? Take a look back at the Internet's world-changing transformation with our Internet Quiz!

1
Who established ARPANET, an early predecessor to the Internet?
2
Who coined the phrase "information superhighway"?
3
What was the billionth song to be downloaded from iTunes?
iPod Digital Media Players (Image credit: Paul Sakuma/AP/Wide World Photos)
4
In what year did the computer mouse first become available for home use?
5
"TCP/IP" stands for "transmission control protocol/Internet protocol."
Internet Topology (Image credit: © Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.)
6
A prototype of the World Wide Web, created by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, was called:
Sir Tim Berners-Lee (Image credit: Elise Amendola/AP/Wide World Photos)
7
What electronics company released the Amiga 1000, the first multimedia PC?
8
In what year was the first Web browser introduced to the public?
9
Who designed the first programmable computer?
10
What does "HTML" stand for?
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