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Yakk · 01-24-2005, 12:52 PM

The difference between the WWW and the Internet should be stressed.

The Internet is the network of computers over which the data travels.

The WWW is the web of html files and servers that has grown up on the Internet.

Things you do in your web browser (firefox or internet explorer) tend to be WWW things.

Your email client uses the Internet, but not the WWW, usually. Unless you use web-mail.

The history of the Internet goes back really far. Argueably to the first time people took two computers and wired them together, in order to save shoe leather. Eventually people wired together entire campus's. And then they started moving data between these internal networks via late night phone calls.

There are alot of fun stories about the invention of the internet. Read up on it!

01-24-2005, 12:52 PM	#9 (permalink)
Yakk Wehret Den Anfängen! Location: Ontario, Canada	The difference between the WWW and the Internet should be stressed. The Internet is the network of computers over which the data travels. The WWW is the web of html files and servers that has grown up on the Internet. Things you do in your web browser (firefox or internet explorer) tend to be WWW things. Your email client uses the Internet, but not the WWW, usually. Unless you use web-mail. The history of the Internet goes back really far. Argueably to the first time people took two computers and wired them together, in order to save shoe leather. Eventually people wired together entire campus's. And then they started moving data between these internal networks via late night phone calls. There are alot of fun stories about the invention of the internet. Read up on it! __________________ Last edited by JHVH : 10-29-4004 BC at 09:00 PM. Reason: Time for a rest.