INTERNET

It is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet
Protocol Suite (often called TCP/IP, although not all applications use TCP) 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 has
enabled and accelerated new forms of human interactions through instant messaging,
Internet forums, and social networking. 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.

Internet-Vinton Gray "Vint" Cerf – Father of the Internet.A global network connecting
millions of computers

The most notable internet is called the Internet, a collaboration of morethan hundreds of
thousands of interconnected networks.
Uses of the Internet
The Internet allows greater flexibility in working hours and location, especially with the
spread of unmetered high-speed connections.

TheInternet can be accessed almost anywhere by numerous means, includingthrough

mobile Internet devices.For distance education, help with homework and other
assignments, self-guided learning, whiling away spare time, or just looking up more detail
on an interesting fact, it has never been easier for people to access educational information
at any level from anywhere.

The Internet in general and the World Wide Web in particular areimportant enablers of both
formal and informal education.

The Internet allows computer users to remotely access other computers andinformation
stores easily, wherever they may be. This is encouraging new ways ofworking from home,
collaboration and information sharing in many industries.
WORLD WIDE WEB
The World Wide Web is a way of exchanging information between computers on the
Internet. The World Wide Web is the network of pages of images, texts and sounds on the
Internet which can be viewed using browser software.

The World Wide Web, or Web, consists of a worldwide collection of electronic documents
(Web pages). A Web site is a collection of related Web pages and associated items .A Web
server is a computer that delivers requested Web pages to your computer .Web 2.0 refers
to Web sites that provide a means for users to interact.
1989 – 1990 Tim Berners Lee invents the World Wide Web (www) at Cern. Published in
1992 Means for transferring text and graphics simultaneously Text mark up language • Not
invented by Bernes-Lee • Simple and easy to use
Structural Components: - Clients/browsers – to dominant implementations  Servers – run
on sophisticated hardware - Caches – many interesting implementations  Internet – the
global infrastructure which facilitates data transfer Semantic Components: -Hyper Text
Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) Extensible Markup
Language (XML) Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs).

Now Let us understand-

Differences b/w WWW and Internet

Many people use the terms Internet and World Wide Web, but in fact
the two terms are not synonymous
.
The Internet and the Web are two separate but related things.  The Internet is a massive
network of networks.

It connects millions of computers together globally, forming a network in which any

computer can communicate with any other computer as long as they are both connected to
the Internet.

The World Wide Web, or simply Web, is a way of accessing information over the medium of
the Internet.

So the Web is just a portion of the Internet, albeit a large portion, but the two terms are not
synonymous and should not be confused.