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Internet quiz

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ExplorerQuestion 1 of 10

The Internet and the World Wide Web are exactly the same thing.

ExplorerQuestion 2 of 10

Who invented the World Wide Web in 1989?

InvestigatorQuestion 3 of 10

What job does the Domain Name System (DNS) do?

InvestigatorQuestion 4 of 10

The ARPANET, which grew into the Internet, had four host computers connected by the end of 1969.

InvestigatorQuestion 5 of 10

An IPv4 address is 32 bits long and an IPv6 address is 128 bits long. How many times longer, in bits, is an IPv6 address?

ScientistQuestion 6 of 10

With 32 bits, how many different IPv4 addresses are possible? Give your answer in billions, to two decimal places.

ScientistQuestion 7 of 10

What stops an IP datagram that can never reach its destination from travelling round the network for ever?

ScientistQuestion 8 of 10

Some packets of a download are lost on the way, yet the file arrives complete and in order. Which protocol is responsible?

AdvancedQuestion 9 of 10

Using HTTP as your example, explain precisely how the World Wide Web relates to the Internet.

ExpertQuestion 10 of 10

HTTP/3 replaced TCP with QUIC over UDP while keeping the same HTTP semantics. What does this show about the Internet's layered design, and why might a designer move reliability out of TCP?