Round 2: Once Upon A Time.

ROUND 2
ONCE UPON A TIME..

RULES FOR ONCE UPON A TIME…
• This is a written round.
• A story with ten blanks will be given, and you are
required to fill the blanks.
• Each correctly filled blank fetches +5 points.
• There is no negative marking.
• If all the 10 blanks have been filled correctly,
a bonus of 25 points is awarded.
The Cold War between US and USSR was
probably the closest humanity came towards mass
extinction.
However, the cut-throat race between the two
giants for scientific advancement, although for
military purposes, led to fast-paced development
in technology.
A good example for this would be DARPA, acronym
for A, an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense.
It was created in 1958 in response to the event B.
DARPA's mission was to ensure U.S. military
technology would be more sophisticated than that of
the nation's potential enemies. The initial primary
concern of DARPA was space projects, but when C
was established later in 1958, all space projects
and most of ARPA's funding were transferred to it.
One of DARPA‟s earliest important projects was
Transit, a satellite system, which was the predecessor
of D.
DARPA is probably most famous for the creation of
ARPANET, the precursor to modern-day Internet. The
most important distinction ARPANET had from the other
networks of that time, was the usage of E. Prior to the
advent of E, both voice and data communications had
been based on the idea of circuit switching, as in the
traditional telephone circuit. With E, a data system
could use a single communication link to communicate
with more than one machine. The TCP/IP protocol suite,
which works at the heart of Internet even today, was
developed by Vint Cerf and F for ARPANET.
The first message sent over ARPANET was from
Leonard Kleinrock's laboratory at University of
California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to a network node
at G. G is probably most famous for the spinoff
company H it founded in 2007, which was
acquired by a tech giant in 2010. The technology
of H was born from G's work on the DARPA-
funded CALO (Cognitive Assistant that Learns and
Organizes) project, described by G as the largest
artificial intelligence project ever launched.
DARPA also funded the development of the NLS
computer system. NLS, short for „oN-Line System‟,
was the first to employ the practical use of
hypertext links, the mouse, raster-scan video
monitors, information organized by relevance,
screen windowing, presentation programs, and
other modern computing concepts.
NLS was developed by I at his Augmentation
Research Center Lab in G. NLS was demonstrated
by I in the 1968 edition of Fall Joint Computer
Conference, a semi-annual computer conference
conducted jointly by ACM (Association for
Computing Machinery) and J. Due to the highly
revolutionary and innovative nature of the ideas
NLS included, this demo has been dubbed as “The
Mother of All Demos.”
A
DARPA, acronym for A..

A
DEFENSE ADVANCED
RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY
B
DARPA was created in 1958 in response to the event B..

B
LAUNCH OF SPUTNIK I,
WORLD‟S FIRST
ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE,
BY USSR
C
when C was established later in 1958, all space

projects and most of ARPA's funding were transferred
to it…
C
D
One of DARPA‟s earliest important projects was Transit,

a satellite system, which was the predecessor of D..
D
GPS
E
The most important distinction ARPANET had from the

other networks of that time, was the usage of E..
E
PACKET SWITCHING
F
The TCP/IP protocol suite, which works at the heart of

Internet even today, was developed by Vint Cerf and F
for ARPANET..
F
ROBERT (BOB) KAHN

G
The first message sent over ARPANET was from Leonard

Kleinrock's laboratory at University of California, Los
Angeles (UCLA) to a network node at G..
G
STANFORD RESEARCH
INSTITUTE
(SRI)
H
SRI is probably most famous for the spinoff company H

it founded in 2007..
H
I
NLS was developed by I at his Augmentation Research

Center Lab in SRI..
I
DOUGLAS ENGELBART
J
NLS was demonstrated by Douglas Engelbart in the

1968 edition of Fall Joint Computer Conference, a
semi-annual computer conference conducted jointly by
ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) and J..
J
ANSWERS
A – Defense Advanced F – Robert (Bob) Kahn

Research Projects Agency G – Stanford Research
B – Launch of Sputnik I Institute (SRI)
C – NASA H – Siri
D – GPS I – Douglas Engelbart
E – Packet Switching J – IEEE

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ROUND 2

ONCE UPON A TIME..

DARPA, acronym for A..

DARPA was created in 1958 in response to the event B..

when C was established later in 1958, all space

One of DARPA‟s earliest important projects was Transit,

The most important distinction ARPANET had from the

The TCP/IP protocol suite, which works at the heart of

ROBERT (BOB) KAHN

The first message sent over ARPANET was from Leonard

SRI is probably most famous for the spinoff company H

NLS was developed by I at his Augmentation Research

NLS was demonstrated by Douglas Engelbart in the

A – Defense Advanced F – Robert (Bob) Kahn

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