Defining the Internet
• The Internet is a global network of computers that allows individual and business
computer users around the world to share information and other resources and
to conduct business transactions.
• When a user connects to the Internet to access information and services, he or
she is considered to be online. All computers and mobile devices share a
common of communicating known as a protocol. A protocol is a standard or set
of rules that computer network devices follow when transmitting and receiving
data.
• Every computer connected to the Internet use the Transmission Control
Protocol/ Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). TCP/IP makes it possible for different types
of computers using a variety of operating systems to communicate.