7. What was invented first, the personal computer or the Internet (ARPANET)?
a. The Internet was activated in 1969; the personal computer was introduced in 1975.
8. In what year were restrictions on commercial use of the Internet first lifted? When were eBay and
Amazon founded?
a. Restrictions were lifted in 1991, Amazon was founded in 1994, and eBay was founded in 1995.
9. What does it mean to say we are in a “postPC world”?
a. The personal computer will no longer be the primary way that people interact and do business.