DEFINITION :
A means of connecting a computer to any other computer anywhere in theworld via dedicated routers and servers. When two computers are connected over the Internet, they can send and receive all kinds ofinformation 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-opticcables (called backbones) through which the bulk of the Internet datatravels 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 businessand government laboratories. Later universities and other US institutionsconnected to it. This resulted in ARPANET growing beyond everyone'sexpectations and acquiring the name 'Internet.' The development ofhypertext based technology (called World Wide web, WWW, or just theWeb) provided means of displaying text, graphics, and animations, andeasy search and navigation tools that triggered Internet's explosive FUNCTION :
You can use Internet in different ways:
- · communicate with friends
- · search for informations
- · buy online
- · work from home
- · play online games
- · download video/music/ebooks/applications
- · update your software (driver updates, virus definitions)
