H12-311_V3.0 · Question #8
What is the name of the first radio communication network based on packet technology?
The correct answer is C. ALOHNET. ALOHANET, developed at the University of Hawaii in the early 1970s, was the first packet-switching network to use radio (wireless) transmission, making option C correct. ARPANET (B) is a common distractor because it was the first large-scale packet-switching network overall…
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What is the name of the first radio communication network based on packet technology?
Options
- AINTERNET
- BARPANet
- CALOHNET
- DNSFnet
How the community answered
(37 responses)- A3% (1)
- B8% (3)
- C70% (26)
- D19% (7)
Explanation
ALOHANET, developed at the University of Hawaii in the early 1970s, was the first packet-switching network to use radio (wireless) transmission, making option C correct. ARPANET (B) is a common distractor because it was the first large-scale packet-switching network overall, but it used wired connections, not radio. INTERNET (A) is far too broad and came much later as an evolution of these earlier networks. NSFNet (D) was a backbone network developed in the 1980s to connect universities, also predated by ALOHANET by over a decade.
Memory tip: Think of ALOHA as a word you shout out loud -- through the air -- just as ALOHANET sent its data through the air via radio waves. If the question specifies "radio," think Hawaii and ALOHA.
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