Internet

Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link devices worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local. 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.

History of Internet

This is an in-depth, researched article about the Internet with accurate and updated data. The Internet continues to grow, driven by ever greater amounts of online information and knowledge, commerce, entertainment and social networking. Research into packet switching started in the early 1960s, and packet switched networks such as the ARPANET, CYCLADES, the Merit Network, NPL network, Tymnet, and Telenet, were developed in the late 1960s and 1970s using a variety of protocols.

Features of Internet

Web client software­­

To view documents on the Internet, you need a piece of software called a browser. A browser provides you an interface to interact with the Internet. Browsers are also called clients. Any software that allows you to browse the Web is called a Web client. The most commonly used Web clients are Mosaic, Netscape, and Internet Explorer.

Web server software

Web Documents that you view on the Internet are stored on different Web servers. Web servers are computers on which Web documents reside and run HTTP software to permit Web transactions. CERN and NCSA are the two organizations that provide Web Server software, such as CERN http and NCSA httpd, respectively.