Internet

• Internet means connecting one computer to any other computer anywhere in world via dedicated routers or servers.
• When two computers are connected through internet they can share any kind of information like text,voice,video,images,computer programs etc..
• The high speed fiber optic cables through which internet data travels are owned by telephone companies in their respective companies.
• Through internet users in one computer can talk directly to users in other computer.
• Today internet is accessible by hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
• Internet was conceived by ARPA(Advanced Research Project Agency)of USA government in 1969 and was first known as ARPANET.The aim was to create a network that would allow users of a research computer at one university to talk to research computer  at other university.
• Via internet the world wide web(www or web) is accessed.