Chapter 3 Practical

      Internet & Email

• Internet: it is a network of computers from all over the world connected together by telephone lines, fibre optic cables and satellite.

• To connect on the Internet, a person needs these 4 things:  

1. A Computer System
2. A Telephone Line
3. A Modem
4. Internet Service Provider

• ISP: means for Internet Service Provider. It's a company with whom anyone wanting to connect to the Internet the person needs to subscribe.
• WWW: stands for World Wide Web. It's the most popular part of the Internet. It contains a lot of pages of information.
• HTTP: stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. It's a set of rules which identify how files on the www are transferred.