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Basic Concepts
This section helps
y
ou
answer these questions:
• What is the Internet?
• What is the World Wide
Web?
The Internet is changing
communication and commerce
around the world.
The World Wide Web is part of the Internet. Several decades
a
g
o, the U.S. militar
y
be
g
an developin
g
the Internet. It wasn’t
lon
g
before academic and industrial researchers be
g
an usin
g
it
to share data.
Vast numbers of new computer users stimulated Internet
g
rowth over the last ten
y
ears. Millions of homes and
businesses now use their computers to communicate throu
g
h
this s
y
stem.
Welcome to the World Wide Web. Whatever other uses
y
ou
have for
y
our computer, this one can be the most interestin
g
.
What is the Internet?
The
Internet
is a communications s
y
stem for computers.
Cables, phone lines, and radios connect hu
g
e numbers of
computers around the world. These connections allow man
y
simultaneous public and private communications.
The Internet does not have an owner or mana
g
er. It is a
cooperative effort between individuals, private or
g
anizations,
universities, businesses, and
g
overnments.