ARPANET Was A(n)

question 55

Multiple Choice

ARPANET was a(n)

• A) Cold War era networked for sharing national security information between the CIA, FBI, and National Security Agency.
• B) independent agency of the federal government during the 1990s that regulated and taxed Internet service providers (ISPs).
• C) program managed by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in the 1950s, which intended to launch the first artificial satellite into Earth orbit.
• D) decentralized, highly redundant communications network created by the federal government in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Definitions:

Iconic Memory

A component of the visual memory system which is a very brief (<1 second) recall of a visual stimulus.

Mental Image

A representation in a person's mind of a sensory experience without the stimulus being present.

Momentary Memory

Refers to the very brief storage of sensory information in the memory system, also known as sensory memory.

Automatically Processed

Information processing that occurs subconsciously and without the need for conscious attention or control.