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The
Internet (or
internet) is a global system of interconnected
computer networks that use the standard
Internet protocol suite (
TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a
network of networks
that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and
government networks, of local to global scope, that are linked by a
broad array of electronic, wireless and optical networking technologies.
The Internet carries an extensive range of information resources and
services, such as the inter-linked
hypertext documents of the
World Wide Web (WWW) and the
infrastructure to support email.
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a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide (usually preceded by the ). The Internet includes commercial, educational, governmental, and other networks, all of which use the same set of communications protocols.
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http://www.webopedia.com
The Internet is a global
network connecting millions of
computers. More than 100 countries are linked into exchanges of
data, news and opinions. According to
Internet World Stats,
as of December 31, 2011 there was an estimated 2,267,233,742 Internet
users worldwide. This represents 32.7% of the world's population.
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http://www.businessdictionary.com
A
means of connecting a computer to any other computer anywhere in the
world via dedicated routers and
servers. When two
computers are connected over the Internet, they can send and
receive all kinds of
information such as text,
graphics, voice,
video, and
computer programs.
No one
owns Internet, although several
organizations the world over collaborate in
its functioning and
development. The high-speed, fiber-optic
cables (called
backbones) through which the
bulk of the Internet
data travels are owned by
telephone companies in their respective
countries. The Internet grew out of the Advanced
Research Projects Agency's Wide Area Network (then called ARPANET) established by the US
Department Of Defense in 1960s for
collaboration in military research among
business and
government laboratories. Later universities and other US
institutions connected to it. This resulted in ARPANET growing beyond everyone's
expectations and
acquiring the name 'Internet.' The development of
hypertext based
technology (called
World Wide web,
WWW, or just the
Web) provided means of displaying text, graphics, and animations, and
easy search and
navigation tools that triggered
Internet's explosive worldwide
growth.
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