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your web page. Chapter 11 Internet and the WWW
Who oversees research and set standards and guidelines for many areas of the Internet?Today, public and private organizations own the internet. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) oversees research and sets standards and guidelines for many areas of the Internet.
Which standards agency creates Internet standards?The IETF is the premier Internet standards organization. It follows open and well-documented processes for setting these standards. Once published, those standards are made freely available.
Which organization was responsible for the development of the Internet?Who created the internet? The internet began as ARPANET, an academic research network that was funded by the military's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA, now DARPA). The project was led by Bob Taylor, an ARPA administrator, and the network was built by the consulting firm of Bolt, Beranek and Newman.
Who sets Internet protocols?The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) coordinates the DNS, IP addressing, and other internet protocol resources. All domain names and IP addresses are allocated from IANA. Founded in the early '70s and led by John Postel, one of the fathers of the DNS, today it operates as a subsidiary organization of ICANN.
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