The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) 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 carries a vast range of information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web (WWW) and the infrastructure to support electronic mail.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
World Wide Web
A system of Internet servers that support specially formatted documents. The documents are formatted in a markup language called HTML (HyperText Markup Language) that supports links to other documents, as well as graphics, audio, and video files. This means you can jump from one document to another simply by clicking on hot spots. Not all Internet servers are part of the World Wide Web.
There are several applications called Web browsers that make it easy toaccess the World Wide Web; Two of the most popular being Firefox andMicrosoft's Internet Explorer.
World Wide Web is not synonymous with the Internet.
See The Difference Between the Internet and the World Wide Web in the Did You Know...? section of Webopedia.
See also "Web Server Error Messages" in Webopedia's Quick Reference section.
Also see "What Is The Semantic Web?" in the Did You Know...? section of Webopedia
See also "Web Server Error Messages" in Webopedia's Quick Reference section.
Also see "What Is The Semantic Web?" in the Did You Know...? section of Webopedia
Globalisation
The shift in media distribution from local or national to international and the whole world at once. Culturally, describes the process of 'sameness' over the world, typified by the availability of McDonalds in most nations
Broadband
High speed, thicker cable transmitting a powerful digital signal that can deal with complex data such as moving images, music and games.
Technophobe
A technophobe believes that new technologies can only serve to strengthen and support power structures which already exist in the world giving corporations immense amount of influence on the economic and cultural development of the planet
Technophile
A technophile believes in the positive benefits of technology and its potential to redistribute power within societies and across different cultures.
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