What is the difference between the term "the net" and "the web"?

Answer 1

""the net"" could be reffered to any kind of network, where as ""the web"" commonly refers to the WWW (World Wide Web) and is part of the Internet, which is a world network of computers and other devices.

Answer 2

WEB is a computer programming system created byDonald Knuth as the first implementation of what he called"literate programming": the idea that one could createsoftware as works of literature, by embedding bits of codeinside descriptive text, rather than the reverse as is commonpractice in most programming languages.

NET is an abbreviation that can refer to a number of things: *N-ethyltryptamine*National Educational Television*Net Serviços de Comunicação S/A*New Hellenic Television*Nottingham Express Transit*no in Vorarlbergian (Austria) dialect

Answer 3

no it's not the same

the Internet is a collection of interconnected computer networks, linked by copper wires, fiber-optic cables, wireless connections, etc.; the Web is a collection of interconnected documents, linked by hyperlinks and URLs. The World Wide Web is accessible via the Internet, as are many other services including e-mail, file sharing, etc

Answer 4

The Web is the www of the W3 Consortium; while the Net is the .net owned by MSN.

Hope this clarifes matters.

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Answer 5

the web: it is using when you browse on the Internet with HTTP protocol

the net: it is using when you use other protocols too (ftp, gopher, etc.) not only HTTP

Answer 6

"the net", cyber space environment. "the web", interconnected web-sites

Answer 7

In terms of common usage, they're pretty much interchangeable. In terms of what they mean technically, well, they're still somewhat interchangeable.

Answer 8

Same meaning, different spelling.

Answer 9

None - same same.