Internet

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