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| − | The term '''Internet''' is used to describe the interconnected servers, computers, and networks that work through a standard protocol and provide the structure for information to be accessed on "The Web." In popular culture, the terms "Internet" and "Web" are sometimes used interchangeably to refer to the publicly-accessible websites and servers that can be reached using a [[Web browser]]. | + | The term '''Internet''' is used to describe the interconnected servers, computers, and networks that work through a standard protocol and provide the structure for information to be accessed on "The Web." In popular culture, the terms "Internet" and "Web" are sometimes used interchangeably to refer to the publicly-accessible websites and servers that can be reached using a [[Web browser]]. The Internet gives its users global broadcasting abilities, access to and the ability to add to world knowledge, as well as make it possible for collaboration regardless of location. <ref name="Hx of Internet">http://www.internetsociety.org/sites/default/files/Brief_History_of_the_Internet.pdf A Brief History of the Internet. Leiner, Cerf, Clark, Kahn, Kleinrock, Lynch, Postel, Roberts, Wolff. Internet Society. 19 Mar 2015</ref> |
==History== | ==History== | ||
Revision as of 23:08, 19 March 2015
The term Internet is used to describe the interconnected servers, computers, and networks that work through a standard protocol and provide the structure for information to be accessed on "The Web." In popular culture, the terms "Internet" and "Web" are sometimes used interchangeably to refer to the publicly-accessible websites and servers that can be reached using a Web browser. The Internet gives its users global broadcasting abilities, access to and the ability to add to world knowledge, as well as make it possible for collaboration regardless of location. [1]
History
Early Ideas
ICANN
References
- ↑ http://www.internetsociety.org/sites/default/files/Brief_History_of_the_Internet.pdf A Brief History of the Internet. Leiner, Cerf, Clark, Kahn, Kleinrock, Lynch, Postel, Roberts, Wolff. Internet Society. 19 Mar 2015