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SSC CHSL 2019 PYQ — Question 29

SSC CHSL - 8th July 2019 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q29

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______ was the network that became the basis for the Internet.

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Correct answer: D

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The correct answer is option 4, i.e. ARPANET.

______ was the network that became the basis for the Internet.

ARPANET

What is ARPANET?
  • The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network was an early packet-switching network and the first network to implement the TCP/IP protocol suite.
  • Both technologies became the technical foundation of the Internet.
  • ARPANET began development in 1966 by the United States ARPA.
  • ARPANET was a Wide Area Network linking many Universities and research centres were the first to use packet switching and were the beginning of what we consider the Internet today.