Internet

The internet is a set of interconnected computer networks that use the internet protocol suite to communicate between other computers and networks.

Types of internet services §

The internet provides lots of services including:

• Blogs
• Email
• Fax
• File sharing
• File transfer
• Games
• Instant messaging
• Podcasts
• Internet shopping
• Internet television
• Voice over IP
• World wide web

Internet protocols §

Main wiki page: Internet protocol suite The internet follows a protocol which is a set of rules that the computer follows in order to talk to another computer.

Some of the protocols used by the internet are:

• Internet protocol
• Transmission Control Protocol
• User Datagram Protocol