Monday, April 5, 2010

What's The Difference Between The Internet and The Web?



Many people basically misunderstood that the internet is the same as the world wide web or web in short. Some say that the internet is a collection of web pages, that is not true. The internet is a global network of computers connected usually through telephone lines. ISP's(Internet Service Provider) provides the telephone lines and others stuff so people all over the world can share information with each other. Nobody owns the internet, it was first used by governements and universities to share information. On the other hand the web is one of the protocols that lets you link to web sites all over the world. When we say protocol it is a set of rules which is used by computers to communicate with each other across a network. A protocol is a convention or standard that controls or enables the connection.

1 comment:

  1. good explanation. Most people mistake one for the other.

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