Question

Which of the following is a search engine?
1. Baidu
2. Packets
3. Cookies
4. None of the above

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Baidu

The correct answer is Baidu.

• BAIDU:
  • Baidu search engine is the Chinese search engine developed by Baidu Inc in the year 2000.
  • According to the Alexa Internet rankings, Baidu is currently the fourth largest website.
  • Services provided by the search engine - Baidu Baike (online encyclopedia), Baidu Wangpan (cloud storage services), Baidu Tieba (keyword-based discussion forum).
  • It has been blocked by the government in India in 2020.

• PACKETS:
  • Donald Davies gave this term in the year 1965.
  • The word 'packet' in computer terminology refers to a segment of data sent from one computer or device to another over a network.
  • A packet contains some important information like - source, destination, data, size, etc.
• COOKIES:
  • The web-browser programmer, Lou Montulli gave the term 'cookie'.
  • The text files containing data like username and password, that identify a computer over a network are known as 'cookies'.
  • HTTP cookies are a specific type of cookies stored on the user's computer and used to identify specific users by the web browser while browsing a website, thus improving the web browsing experience.
  • Cookies remember information and record the browsing activity of the user.