20 Years of Online

We look back at two decades of change in the online world.

1. "QuantumLink" was the full proper name of

a) Microsoft's first e-mail program, which famously flopped at its introduction in 1983.

b) The first 2400-bps modem, which sold for $1299 in 1984.

c) A CompuServe-enabled cell phone released in 1986, which weighed almost 7 pounds.

d) AOL's first service, which debuted in 1985 and ran only on Commodore 64 computers.

2. The word "cyberspace" was coined by

a) Madonna in the 1987 movie Who's That Girl?

b) Vice presidential candidate Al Gore in a 1992 stump speech.

c) Author William Gibson in his 1984 novel, Neuromancer.

d) Ron Popeil in a 1983 ad for the Digital Fisherman.

3. All of the following are actual Web browsers except

a) Surfin' Annette.

b) HexaBit Junior.

c) Web-O-Matic.

d) NetSlacker.

4. The first person to speak of "surfing" the Internet was

a) Andy Rooney, the lovable TV curmudgeon.

b) Duke Kahanamoku, a legendary Hawaiian surfer.

c) Jean Armour Polly, a self-styled 'Net-Mom'.

d) David Filo, the inventive cofounder of Yahoo.

(Answers: 1.d, 2.c, 3.d, 4.c)

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