INTERNET PROCEDURES

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The Internet is considered the world 's largest computer network (Encyclopedia Americana . The Internet dates back to the early 1960s The Internet consists of small computer networks that are connected to each other . It serves as a tool for different organizations to share and exchange electronic data . It links different computers from all over the world through TCP /IP protocols (The Library , University of California Berkeley , 2006 . Each computer has a software that allows it to provide

br information and conversely , to access and view information (The Library University of California , Berkeley , 2006 . The Internet has grown in size over the years that the Internet Software Consortium estimated that by early 2003 , more than 170 million computers or hosts are connected to the Internet (Encyclopedia Americana

A person who wants to access the Internet through a computer must have a telecommunications link , such as modem , and software that is necessary to be able to connect to an Internet Service Provider (The Library University of California , Berkeley , 2006

A computer needs an IP address to be able to connect to the Internet An IP address consists of a unique set of numbers that allows the computer to receive data using the TCP /IP . Transmission or sharing of computer s occurs when each packet of a computer finds its destination , which is the IP address of its intended recipient (Encyclopedia Americana

The Internet differs from the World Wide Web (WWW , in that the Internet is the network that serves as the conduit of all computers connected to it , while the World Wide Web is a service that allows computer users to quickly and easily navigate the Internet (Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia

References

Internet (2007 . Encyclopedia Americana . Retrieved February 21 , 2007 from Grolier Online http /0-ea .grolier .com .novacat .nova .edu :80 /cgi-bin /article ?assetid 0216 805-00

The Library , University of California , Berkeley (2006 . What is the Internet ? Retrieved February 20 , 2007 , from http /www .lib .berkeley .edu /TeachingLib /Guides /Internet /WhatIs .html

World Wide Web (2007 . Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia . Retrieved February 21 , 2007 , from Grolier Online http /0-gme .grolier .com .novacat .nova .edu :80 /cgi- bin /article ?assetid 0315535-0

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