One of the First and Most Important Applications of the ARPANET

question 8

Multiple Choice

One of the first and most important applications of the ARPANET was

• A) email.
• B) voice mail.
• C) spreading computer viruses.
• D) disseminating anti-Communist propaganda to American citizens.
• E) stealing secrets from the Soviet Union.

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