 | What is the Internet?
 | A global network of networks (computers and connections) |
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| What is the World Wide Web (WWW)?
| A construct describing the information on this global network of computers that can be
accessed through http (hyper-text transfer protocol)
 | Hyper text transfer protocol describes the "language" in which web based
information is transferred from one computer to another. |
| This is just one language (or protocol) of many that exist on the internet. |
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| How do you access the WWW?
| Through a piece of software called a web browser
| Many web browsers exist. The two most popular ones are Netscape Navigator and
Microsoft Internet Explorer. |
| Despite their widely publicized dispute, there is a goal for browsers to converge on a
common language. |
| The browser interprets the web based language and displays it in a graphical manner for
us to view. |
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