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How would you describe the internet? Is it a vast series of tubes? A superhighway? An organism? ... But not to avoid responding to the semantic meaning of the post, I'll describe the Web with how I see it. Arauz's depth metaphor works well for me, though I tend to look at it more like panning versus mining for gold.
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www.newfangled.com/how_do_you_describe_the_internet
www.newfangled.com/how_do_you_describe_the_internet
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Internet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standardized Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a network of networks tha...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet
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A slightly technical whitepaper explaining what makes the Internet tick. ... The following sections describe some of the more important and commonly used protocols on the Internet. Higher level protocols are discussed first, followed by lower level protocols.
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www.theshulers.com/whitepapers/internet_whitepaper/inde...
www.theshulers.com/whitepapers/internet_whitepaper/index.html
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How does the Internet work? Three different illustrations that attempt to describe the Internet may help. One is the spider web - hence the "world wide web." A second description involves libraries. The third is the human brain. ... How The Internet Works;
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www.bookspring.com/how_internet_works.htm
www.bookspring.com/how_internet_works.htm
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The following sections describe some of the more important and commonly used protocols on the Internet. Higher level protocols are discussed first, followed by lower level protocols.
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myownrainbow.tripod.com/id204.htm
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If you have been using the Internet for any length of time, and especially if you work at a larger company and browse the Web while you are at work, you have probably heard the term firewall used. ... How Home Networking Works...
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www.howstuffworks.com/firewall.htm
www.howstuffworks.com/firewall.htm
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How Internet Infrastructure Works ... Every machine on the Internet has a unique identifying number, called an IP Address. The IP stands for Internet Protocol, which is the language that computers use to communicate over the Internet. A protocol is the pre-defined way ... Introduction to How Internet Infrastructure Works...
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www.howstuffworks.com/internet-infrastructure5.htm
www.howstuffworks.com/internet-infrastructure5.htm
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The term "cyberspace" is commonly used to describe the Net concept, as there is no tangible machine or computer that you can point to and say "That's the Internet!". The nearest you will get to doing this is to point to the high capacity cables that form the backbone of the Internet.
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classroom.tinet.ie/booklet/appendix_a
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TCP/IP is the most important of a long list of Internet protocols. It is sometimes used as a global term to describe additional protocols, including simple mail ... But where Java is designed to be cross-platform, ActiveX was created primarily for Windows and works only with Internet Explorer, not Netscape's Navigator.
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www.scotsnewsletter.com/20quests/hownet.htm
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