1. Put these events in the correct chronological order then read the text and check:
· The internet’ suffered its first financial crash.
· Few people used computers for communication, research and shopping.
· A military network ARPANET was built by ARPA.
· Web 2.0 appeared.
· Berners-Lee added hypertext and multimedia layer to the internet and called it the World Wide Web.
· Obscure technical terms became house-hold words.
2. Read the text and answer the following questions:
1) What did people use their computers for before the early 1990’s? 2) What technical terms became house-hold words after the creation of the Web? 3) What is the difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web? 4) What was the idea of ARPANET? 5) When did the Internet suffer its first financial crash? What were its consequences like?