Internet and World Wide Web (WWW)


Internet

"A global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols.”





Internet is a universal computer network which provide a mixture of both information and communication services, containing of interconnected networks using consistent communication procedures.

Internet operates by having a unique Internet Protocol address (IP address) which is usually in form of nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn.

There are 3 basic types of connections they are, Point-to-point, Broadcast/Multicast and Multipoint.

Before anything else, in order to have the internet access fully, we must have the equipment for example the router and the modem.  



World Wide Web

"The World Wide Web is a computer system which links documents and pictures into a database that is stored in computers in many different parts of the world and that people everywhere can use. The abbreviations WWW and the Web are often used."






The World Wide Web which usually also known as the WWW and the Wed is a computer system which links all the documents, pictures and other equipment that can be found using the internet into a database which is inside the computer all around the world.

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