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The Pew Research Internet Project gave respondents a 13-question survey on how well they know the Web. Click through to see how well you do.
OK, we'll start you off with the survey's easiest question. Who is this technology leader: Steve Jobs of Apple, Sergey Brin of Google, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook or Bill Gates of Microsoft?
If you knew that was Bill Gates of Microsoft, you're with 83% of respondents. Next question: True or false? Twitter limits posts to 140 characters.
We thought that was another "gimme," but only 60% knew that, yes, Twitter posts only go up to 140 characters. Next! The Apple iPhone was first released in what year: 2005, 2007, 2009 or 2011?
Only 36% in the poll knew the first iPhone came out in 2007. Now, a possibly tougher ID. Who is this Internet leader: Marissa Mayer of Yahoo, Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook, Meg Whitman of Hewlett-Packard or Arianna Huffington of The Huffington Post?
If you knew that was Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer, you were among only 21% who took the poll. Now ... math. Choose the bigger amount of information: a megabyte or a kilobyte.
Seventy-four percent knew it's megabyte by a mile. That's about 1 million bytes, compared with a kilobyte, which is 1,024 bytes of memory. Now, what was the first university where students could use Facebook?
Facebook rolled out at CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard, of course. (Though, only 42% of respondents knew that.) Next! "Net neutrality" refers to: nonpartisan postings on the Internet, a promise by users of a website that they will not be critical, equal treatment of digital content by internet service companies or the way Wikipedia editors are instructed to handle new entries.
"Net neutrality" refers to providers having to deliver data to all equally; 61% knew that. Next question! True or false? The Internet and World Wide Web are the same thing.
That was false. The Internet is the backbone the Web is built upon. Now, what does URL stand for: ultra reliable linkage, user responsibility liability, unique rate limit or uniform resource locator?
If you knew that was uniform resource locator, you're with 69% of respondents. Next: True or false? Moore's Law relates to how many transistors can be put on a computer chip.
That was true. But only 34% of respondents got it right. Next question is another true or false: When a company posts a privacy policy, it ensures that the company keeps confidential all the information it collects on users.
False. Privacy policies can say any number of things about your information (44% knew that). Next ... The first widely popular graphical Web browser, released in 1993, was: Netscape Navigator, Mosaic, Internet Explorer or Opera.
This was the toughest question on the survey. Only 9% knew that Mosaic, created in 1992, came first. Next question: "Hashtags" are widely used on which website?
Another Twitter question. The second-easiest question behind Bill Gates, 82% got it right. True or false? A wiki is a form of online collaboration tool.
That's true. Wikipedia, the crowdsourced online encyclopedia, is the most famous wiki. Last question! Another true or false: A PDF file can be sent using any email program.
That's true! PDFs (an abbreviation for "portable document format") are designed to be shared. So, how did you do? Let us know in the comments.
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- Test your Internet knowledge with this gallery quiz
- The Pew Research Center surveyed 1,066 people on Web IQ
- 83% knew the easiest question, but only 9% got the hardest
(CNN) -- Sure, everyone reading this uses the Internet. But how much do you really know about it?
The Pew Research Center wanted to find out. This week, Pew released the results of a survey seeking to see just how much Internet users know about the Web and the people, tools and technology that make it work.
The results are interesting in that they're all over the board. Pew notes that "knowledge of the modern technology landscape varies widely across a range of topics."
As many as 83% of the survey's 1,066 adult Internet users got one question right.
Only 9% guessed correctly on another.
"Technology permeates modern life and we thought it would be revealing to see how knowledgeable people were about some core concepts and history," said Aaron Smith, author of the report. "Policy makers, tech designers, and those orienting their organizations around digital life can profit from knowing just how 'technology literate' people are and where gaps in their knowledge might be. Just because people use these gadgets a lot doesn't necessarily mean they know everything about how they work and where they came from."
OK, no peeking at the link. Click through our gallery above and see how well you know your Internet tech, and let us know how you did in the comments below.
