The Internet

For the second part of class I will be blogging about the internet, and specifically its use in education. The internet is something we all use (obviously because we are taking this class) but what is it? According to Yale University, the internet is "a worldwide system of interconnected networks and computers." 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 networking technologies. The Internet carries a vast range of information resources and services, such as email and the world wide web. The terms Internet and World Wide Web are often used interchangeably. However, the Internet and the World Wide Web are not one and the same. The Internet is a global data communications system. It is a hardware and software infrastructure that provides connectivity between computers. In contrast, the Web is one of the services communicated via the Internet. It is a collection of interconnected documents and other resources, linked by hyperlinks and URLs. There are many uses of the internet but I will get into that later.