FREE ESSAY ON THE INTERNET AND WORLD WIDE WEB DEFINED

THE INTERNET AND WORLD WIDE WEB DEFINED

Christopher L. Isaacs
1010 - Technical Writing
Extended Definition
00 March 6th
The "Internet" and "World Wide Web" Defined
In recent years the Internet and World Wide Web (WWW) have become more and more popular
as an information resource. Many people believe that the WWW is the same as the Internet.
This is untrue. 
The Internet was designed in the late 60's as a way for a few military computers to
exchange research data. Today, the Internet has evolved into a loose association of
thousands of networks and millions of computers around the world.
These networks are connected together using high-speed communication lines. Primarily,
the millions of computers that access these networks use slower speed data connections
and telephone dial-up connections.
The WWW is actually a program that runs on the Internet. It's a collection of interlinked
documents that work together using a special computer language called a protocol. This
language allows millions of web documents, or "pages", to be accessed instantly with a
click of a button. These documents can include, text, color, sounds, pictures and even
movies.
The Internet is essentially the hardware that connects all of the computers together. It
consists of special computers that's sole purpose is to move data at high speeds between
other computers. 
The World Wide Web is a piece of software that runs on the Internet. It's the actual
information that is available on the Internet. Essentially, The Internet can function
without the Web, but the Web cannot function without the Internet.