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Learning the Basics
An overview of using the Internet
You don’t really need to know anything about specific protocols—
just make sure you are using the same protocols as the computer
with which you are communicating. If you would like to know
more, protocols are described in any book on telecommunications,
available at your local book or computer store.
An overview of using the Internet
The following sections give a quick introduction to the Internet
and some of its exciting features, under these headings:
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The Internet
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The World Wide Web
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Internet Service Providers
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Connecting to the Internet
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Surfing the Internet
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Internet features
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Uploading and downloading files from the Internet
The Internet
The Internet is an association of thousands of networks and
millions of computers around the world connected by
communications lines. They all work together to share
information.
The World Wide Web
The World Wide Web (or ‘Web’) is a subset of the Internet — a
collection of interlinked documents (located on computers
connected to the Internet) that work together using a specific
Internet protocol called Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
The World Wide Web offers information as text, images, audio, or
video to be referenced from anywhere in the world. Special