The internet and World Wide Web
The internet[edit]
The 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 to global scope, linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries an extensive range of information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents and applications of the World Wide Web (WWW), electronic mail, telephony, and peer-to-peer networks for file sharing.[2]
There are many (many) different protocols used on the internet. A small sample can be seen below:
BGP DHCP DNS FTP HTTP IMAP LDAP MGCP NNTP NTP POP ONC/RPC RTP RTSP RIP SIP SMTP SNMP SSH Telnet TLS/SSL XMPP
Please click here for more examples.
The world wide web[edit]
What is the difference between the internet and the www[edit]
The Internet, linking your computer to other computers around the world, is a way of transporting content. The Web is software that lets you use that content…or contribute your own. The Web, running on the mostly invisible Internet, is what you see and click on in your computer’s browser.
The Internet’s roots are in the U.S. during the late 1960s. The Web was invented 20 years later by an Englishman working in Switzerland—though it had many predecessors.
To keep things “interesting,” many people use the term Internet to refer to both.[3]
Standards[edit]
These standards are used from the IB Computer Science Subject Guide[4]
- Distinguish between the internet and World Wide Web (web).
References[edit]
- ↑ http://www.flaticon.com/
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet
- ↑ http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/networking/19/314
- ↑ IB Diploma Programme Computer science guide (first examinations 2014). Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom: International Baccalaureate Organization. January 2012.