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Revision as of 07:56, 20 April 2016
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link several billion devices worldwide.
Description
It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologies.
The Internet carries an extensive range of information resources and services, including:
- Inter-linked hypertext documents and applications of the World Wide Web (WWW)
- The infrastructure to support email
- Peer-to-peer networks for file sharing and telephony
See also
- Communications protocol
- Computer network
- Denial-of-service attack
- Domain Name System
- Host (computing)
- Internet protocol suite
- IP address
- The Network Nation
- Top-level domain
- Web server
- World Wide Web
External Links
- Internet @ Wikipedia
