Identify the correct chronological order of the following four major enabling technological developments that paved the way for e-commerce.

1.Invention and mass production of the PC

2.Release of Netscape's Navigator browser which introduced SSL encryption

3.Development of the Internet by ARPA

4.Creation and release of the WWW

A2, 1, 4, 3

B3, 1, 4, 2 ✓ Correct

C1, 3, 4, 2

D4, 1, 3, 2

Correct answer: (B) 3, 1, 4, 2

Explanation

The correct sequence is the ARPA internet, then the personal computer, then the World Wide Web, then the Netscape browser with SSL.

Statement 3, ARPA's development of the internet, came first around 1969 as the packet switched ARPANET.

Statement 1, the invention and mass production of the PC, followed through the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Statement 4, the creation of the World Wide Web, arrived near 1990 built on the existing internet.

Statement 2, Netscape Navigator with SSL encryption, appeared in 1994 and made secure online payment feasible.

Secure browsing on top of a public web is what finally opened the door to mass e-commerce.

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