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The '''Internet''', or simply the '''Net''', is the [[public]]ly accessible worldwide system of interconnected [[computer network]]s that transmit [[data]] by [[packet switching]] using a standardized [[Internet Protocol]] (IP). It is made up of thousands of smaller [[commercial]], [[academic]], [[domestic]], and [[government]] networks. It carries various [[information]] and services, such as [[electronic mail]], [[online chat]], and the interlinked [[Web page]]s and other documents of the [[World Wide Web]].

Contrary to some common usage, the Internet and the [[World Wide Web]] are not synonymous: the Internet is a collection of interconnected ''computer networks'', linked by copper wires, [[optical fiber|fiber-optic]] cables, etc.; the Web is a collection of interconnected ''documents'', linked by [[hyperlink]]s and [[URL]]s, and is accessible using the Internet.

Currently the Internet is a trend for a greater [[diversity]] of [[hardware]] resources available across an increasingly diffused and connected global [[network]] using shared [[protocol|protocols]]. The Internet is a powerful [[communications]] [[technology]] that is becoming an important tool for [[research]], [[knowledge]] sharing, [[information]] flow and [[popular]] communications.

The internet is becoming [[mainstream]], almost common place. It can be found on numerous [[platform]]s and in all kinds of venues. It now has a countless number of [[function]]s and [[feature]]s. As the net develops a [[free]], open, [[collaborative]], [[online]] [[culture]], some consider it an [[equal]] rival to the more established and [[centralized]] [[mass media]] outlets.

See also: [[DNS]] | [[network]] | [[online]] | [[cyberspace]]

== History ==

During the 1990s hundreds of millions of people around the world connected to the internet for the first time, although the network had been conceptualised in the 1930s. It was not until the early 60's did any form of an internet begin to emerge. For the next three decades what became known as the internet was a US military technology, classified, and then widely [[development|developed]] by [[education]] and [[research]] professionals followed by other enthusiasts or early adopters in the home and other work environments where the desktop computer had penetrated.

By the late 1990s vast quantities of [[digital]] [[piracy|pirated]] [[music]], [[software]] and other [[intellectual property]] was obtained in proportions unheard of previously. Because the internet is so good at spreading information between users, the issue of [[copyright]] infringement has grown. [[Darknet|Such capacity]] has lead some to believe a healthy internet is a large part of being in the [[Information Age]].

The internet still relies to a considerable degree on the [[telephone]] network and the centralized [[DNS]]. [[Key]] servers on the internet are reffered to as the [[backbone]].

== More ==

The internet has displayed phenomenonal rates of growth during the last decade with the number of users, particularly with the [[World Wide Web]] and [[e-mail]]. The dominant [[Internet Protocol]] and a system of [[URL]]'s has provided a [[platform]] for the popular [[HTML]] and more recently [[XML]].

The Internet is like [[computer]]s, in that it is [[user|pro-pluralism]] and [[Anti-Authoritarianism|anti-authoritarianist]]. Internet allows for increased discovery of and interactivity with large quantities of interesting, useful [[information]]. E.g. [[P2p]] [[network]]s, software [[archive]]s and [[database]]s.

The Internet is moving through an era of widespread [[distributed]] computing towards the development of [[Ubiquitous Computing|ubiquitous computing]]. The spread of internet [[worm|worms]] and other evolving [[malicious code]] suggets the internet is vulnerable to [[attack]], because amongst a number of other reasons, is still not a [[Truth|true]] [[data haven]]. The internet has a large number of [[processor|CPU]] cycles which are unused with [[random]] and even poor connections between them.

The internet allows users to easily form [[node]]s within other sub-networks. In theory the internet opens the door to an infinite number of networks and [[peer]]s. This allow for unbounded [[collaboration]] and [[cooperative|cooperation]]. The connection factor is one of many reasons people use to determine the best method or form of communication across the internet, which includes:

* [[email]]
* [[file sharing]]
* [[FTP]]
* [[Gopher]]
* [[instant messenger]]
* [[IRC]]
* [[Usenet]]
* [[HTTP]],the [[World Wide Web]] with many [[forum|forums]] such as [[weblogs]]
* [[Internet telephony]]
* [[persistent online worlds]]
* [[archive|online archives]]
* [[FAQ]]

== Related Issues ==

* [[etiquette]] | [[e-mail etiquette]] | [[usenet etiquette]]
* [[how to search]] | [[searching resources]]
* [[internet trends]]
* [[language]]
* [[libel]]
* [[literacy]]
* [[pornography]]
* [[privacy]] | [[security]] | [[anonymity]]

== External links: The History Of The Internet ==

* [http://www.virtualschool.edu/mon/Internet/CerfHowInternetCame2B.html How the Internet Came to Be]
* [http://www.templetons.com/brad/nethist.html Net History in Brief] - by [[Brad Templeton]]
* [http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~hgs/internet/traffic.html Long-Term Traffic Statistics] - Statistics
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