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The correct answer is Virtual Private Network.

Key Points

• A Virtual Private Network (VPN) creates a secure tunnel between your device and a remote server operated by the VPN provider.
• All data passing through this tunnel is encrypted, making it unreadable to anyone else, even if they intercept it.
• This provides an extra layer of security and privacy, especially when using public Wi-Fi networks.

The correct answer is they allow users to type passwords securely.

Key Points

• Virtual keyboards or Online keyboards are commonly provided by Internet banking websites because they allow users to type passwords securely.
• Virtual Keyboard is an online application to enter password with the help of a mouse.
  • A picture of a keyboard is displayed on a computer screen and the user points and clicks on the pictures of keys to enter text.
  • The Virtual Keyboard is designed to protect password from malicious “Spyware” and “Trojan Programs”.
  • It is more difficult for malware to monitor the display and mouse to obtain the data entered via the virtual keyboard,
  • Virtual Keyboard provides additional security when typing confidential data such as user names, passwords and credit card numbers.

The correct option is (1)

Intranet

Important Points

• An intranet is a private network that is part of an organization and is used to securely distribute data and computing resources among staff members.
• Working in groups and holding teleconferences are two other uses for intranets. Intranets promote internal communication in businesses.
• An intranet is a private website hosted in the cloud, on-premises, or by external hosting services. It is similar to a company's own internal internet.
• A company intranet is a private network that connects all employees to a central hub where they may access all resources, including people and tools.

Additional Information Extranet:- Emails can be sent, data can be accessed, different orders can have their statuses checked, and many other things via an extranet.

Delnet:- DELNET-Developing Library Network, New Delhi, is a significant resource-sharing library network in India that links more than 7700 institutions, including universities, colleges, R&D organizations, hospitals, and other institutions, in 33 states throughout India and a few other countries.

Internet:- There are billions of computers and other electronic devices connected to the Internet on a global scale. You can speak with anyone in the world, access nearly any information, and accomplish a lot more with the help of the Internet.

The correct answer is option 2.

Key Points

• Mosaic  was the first web browser to display images alongside text, as opposed to in a separate window.
• It was the first browser to achieve widespread popularity when it was released in 1993.
• Mosaic was created by Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina at the University of Illinois at Urbana-National Champaign's Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).

Additional Information

•  In 2002, Mozilla, an open-source web browser, was initially released. It is based on the same codebase as Netscape Navigator and was developed by the Mozilla Foundation.
• The text-based web browser Lynx was initially released in 1992. It is intended for visually impaired users or those who prefer a simplified browsing experience.
• Opera is a web browser that was released for the first time in 1995. It is renowned for its speed and security features, in addition to its support for cutting-edge web technologies.

The correct answer is Eavesdropping.

Key Points

• Eavesdropping is a network security threat that involves intercepting and listening to private communications.
• It is a form of unauthorized access to data as it is transmitted over a network.
• Attackers use eavesdropping to steal sensitive information such as login credentials, financial details, and personal data.
• Techniques used for eavesdropping include packet sniffing and man-in-the-middle attacks.
• Encrypting communications and using secure protocols like HTTPS can help protect against eavesdropping.

Additional Information

• Anti-virus:
  • An anti-virus is a software designed to detect and remove malware from computers.
  • It helps in protecting against various types of malware, including viruses, worms, and trojans.
• White Hats:
  • White hats are ethical hackers who use their skills to find and fix security vulnerabilities.
  • They help organizations to improve their security posture by identifying and addressing potential threats.
• Zombie Cookies:
  • Zombie cookies are tracking cookies that are automatically recreated after being deleted.
  • They are used by websites to track user behavior even after users have tried to remove them.
  • While they raise privacy concerns, they are not typically considered a direct security threat.

The correct answer is TCP/IP.

• The standard network protocol of the Internet, TCP/IP, stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.
  • The Internet Protocol part of the standard refers to the addressing of data message packets.
  • Additional protocols that operate within the TCP/IP framework include UDP, HTTP, and FTP.

Key Points

• The Internet Protocol (IP) is the principal communications protocol in the Internet protocol suite for relaying datagrams across network boundaries.
• Its routing function enables internetworking and essentially establishes the Internet.

The correct answer is option 2 i.e HTML.

Key Points

• Web pages use a language called the HyperText Markup Language (HTML).
  • HTML is used to create electronic documents (called pages) that are displayed on the World Wide Web.
  • The browser applications (Microsoftís Internet Explorer, Mozillaís Firefox, etc.) are designed to interpret HTML to display text, images and using hyperlinks, navigate the web.
  • First developed by Tim Berners-Lee in 1990.
• HTTP is the Hypertext Transfer Protocol.
  • HTTP is an application protocol that usually contains a list of guidelines for transferring distributed data file systems and multimedia communication on the World Wide Web ( WWW).
• DOC or doc (an abbreviation of "document") is a filename extension for word processing documents, most commonly in the proprietary Microsoft Word Binary File Format.
• URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator.
  • Every web page that is displayed on the Internet has a specific address associated with it. This address is known as the URL.
  • It tells us the location of the web page being displayed and other related information.

The correct answer is Interconnection and networks.

Key Points

• Internet:
  • The term Internet is derived from the words interconnection and networks. Hence, Option 4 is correct.
  • The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices.
  • It is a network of networks that consists of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologies.
  • The Internet carries a vast range of information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents and applications of the World Wide Web (WWW), electronic mail, telephony, and file sharing. 
  • The first web page address was http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html.
  • ARPANET adopted TCP/IP on January 1, 1983.
  • NCSA Mosaic ran on Windows computers was the first browser to surf the internet. 

Additional Information

• A computer network is mainly of four types:
  • LAN(Local Area Network)
  • PAN(Personal Area Network)
  • MAN(Metropolitan Area Network)
  • WAN(Wide Area Network) 

The correct answer is 80.

Key Points

• In computer networking, a port is a communication endpoint.
• At the software level, within an operating system, a port is a logical construct that identifies a specific process or a type of network service.
• Port numbers are sometimes seen in web or other uniform resource locators (URLs).
• By default, HTTP uses port 80 and HTTPS uses port 443, but a URL like http://www.example.com:8080/path/ specifies that the web browser connects instead to port 8080 of the HTTP server.

Additional Information

Types of Protocols:

• Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
• Internet Protocol (IP)
• User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
• Post office Protocol (POP)
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocoll (SMTP)
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
• HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP).

The correct answer is SMTP.

Key Points

• SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
• The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an internet standard communication protocol for electronic mail transmission.
• Mail servers and other message transfer agents use SMTP to send and receive mail messages. 
• The Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) is a mail protocol used for accessing email on a remote web server from a local client.
• IMAP and POP3 are the two most commonly used Internet mail protocols for retrieving emails.
• Both protocols are supported by all modern email clients and web servers.

Additional Information

• HTTP is the HyperText Transfer Protocol it is an application-layer protocol for transmitting hypermedia documents, such as HTML. 
• Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a procedure for mapping a dynamic Internet Protocol address (IP address) to a permanent physical machine address in a local area network (LAN). 
• The ICMP stands for Internet Control Message Protocol.
• It is a network layer protocol. It is used for error handling in the network layer, and it is primarily used on network devices such as routers.

The correct answer is HTTP.

Key Points

• HTTP allows us to access the data over the World Wide Web.
• HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. 
• Hypertext Transfer Protocol is an application protocol used for data communication. 
• It is the base of data communication in the World Wide Web. 
• It provides a standard for web browsers that facilitates users to exchange information over the internet.
• HTTP is used by most websites to access any file or page.
• HTTP is a request-response protocol in the client-server computing model. It is an application layer protocol designed within the framework of the Internet Protocol Suite.
• Hypertext - A text containing a link within it, is known as hypertext. If you click on a word on a webpage and it redirects you to a new page, it means you have clicked on a hypertext.

The correct answer is Internet Explorer.

• An Internet browser is a software application to retrieve and view information over the web.
• Internet Explorer is an example of the Internet browser in given options.
  • Internet Explorer was introduced in 1995 by Microsoft.

Additional Information

• WorldWideWeb is the world's first web browser.
  • The WorldWideWeb was created in 1990 by Sir Tim Berners-Lee.
  • It is also called 'Nexus'.
• The first web browser developed in India is 'Epic'.
  • It was developed by Hidden Reflex, a Bangalore based software startup.
• Google Chrome is the most used browser.
• Important web browsers are:
  • Opera.
  • Mozilla Firefox.
  • Google chrome.
  • Safari.
  • Epic.
  • Mosaic.
•  Windows Explorer is a file manager application.

The correct answer is 2003.

• Apple introduced Safari 1.0, on January 7, 2003.

Key Points

• It is a wildly successful beta program that had nearly five million downloads.
• Safari is Apple's proprietary web browser, its iCloud syncing works exclusively with Apple products.
• Safari is a web browser that is owned and operated by Apple.

Additional Information

• Google is a search engine that is powered by Google under the parent company Alphabet and can be used within the Safari web browser.
• Google Chrome is also a web browser like Safari but differs in that it is owned and operated by Google.

The correct answer is Tim Berners-Lee.

Key Points

• Tim Berners-Lee is a British computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web in 1989.
• He was working at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, at the time.
• Berners-Lee envisioned a system that would allow scientists to share information more easily.

He developed the three core technologies of the Web:

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP): This is the protocol that allows web browsers to request and receive web pages from web servers.
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML): This is the language used to create web pages.
Uniform Resource Locator (URL): This is the address of a web page.
The World Wide Web was first made available to the public in 1991. It has since grown to become the most popular information sharing system in the world.

Additional Information

• Tim Cook is the CEO of Apple Inc. 
• Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft. 
• Mark Zuckerberg is the co-founder of Facebook. 

The correct answer is www.symbolics.com.

Key Points

• The first domain name registered was Symbolics.com.
• It was registered March 15, 1985.

Additional Information

• A domain name is a label that identifies a network domain: a distinct group of computers under a central administration or authority.
• The company managing the reservation of domain names is the domain name registrar.
• A domain name registry is a database of all domain names and the associated registrant information in the top-level domains of the Domain Name System (DNS)