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2006-12-16 08:30:26 · 5 answers · asked by yunus p 1 in Computers & Internet Internet

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The Internet is a network of networks, linking computers to computers sharing the TCP/IP protocols. Each runs software to provide or "serve" information and/or to access and view information. The Internet is the transport vehicle for the information stored in files or documents on another computer. It can be compared to an international communications utility servicing computers. It is sometimes compared to a giant international plumbing system. The Internet itself does not contain information. It is a slight misstatement to say a "document was found on the Internet." It would be more correct to say it was found through or using the Internet. What it was found in (or on) is one of the computers linked to the Internet

2006-12-16 08:34:00 · answer #1 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 4 0

A global network connecting millions of computers. More than 100 countries are linked into exchanges of data, news and opinions.

Unlike online services, which are centrally controlled, the Internet is decentralized by design. Each Internet computer, called a host, is independent. Its operators can choose which Internet services to use and which local services to make available to the global Internet community. Remarkably, this anarchy by design works exceedingly well.

There are a variety of ways to access the Internet. Most online services, such as America Online, offer access to some Internet services. It is also possible to gain access through a commercial Internet Service Provider (ISP).

The Internet is not synonymous with World Wide Web.

2006-12-16 16:38:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

what you are using right now. It has changed the technological world drastically.


----->The Internet is the worldwide, publicly accessible network of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet Protocol (IP). It is a "network of networks" that consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks, which together carry various information and services, such as electronic mail, online chat, file transfer, and the interlinked Web pages and other documents of the World Wide Web.



For more info on the internet>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet

2006-12-16 16:39:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Teh interweb is a series of tubes connecting computers. If people put too much e-mails down the tubes, they can get blocked which leads to e-mails arriving hours or even days late

2006-12-16 16:41:11 · answer #4 · answered by SeabourneFerriesLtd 7 · 0 0

Richard gives a fine explanation, so I shall not expand on it.

YOU ARE ON IT !

All the best,
Bob

2006-12-16 16:40:54 · answer #5 · answered by Bob the Boat 6 · 0 0

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