Internet

Internet

by: Robert Angelo Ragodon 

Is a global network of computer networks that use the standardized Internet Protocol Suite to serve billions of users worldwide.

The Internet carries a vast array of information resources and services, most notably the inter-linked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web (WWW) and the infrastructure to support electronic mail.

History of Internet

The Internet is a global data communications system. It is a hardware and software infrastructure that provides connectivity between computers. Was created by advanced research projects agency (ARPA) of the U.S government in 1960, and was first known as the ARPANET. 

From 1983 onwards the internet as we know it today started to form with the introduction of the communication protocol to ARPANET.

WWW(World Wide Web)

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.

Sample of major protocols accessible on the web:

Email – distribute electronic messages and files to one or more electronic mailboxes

Telnet – facilitates login to computer host to execute commands

FTP – transfer text or binary files between an FTP server and client

Usenet – distribute Usenet news articles derived from topical discussions on newsgroups.

HTTP – transmit hypertext over networks. This is the protocol of the web.

Problems???

Why do some website take so long to load?

Your connection is slow or your modem is slow

Traffic on the web site you are loading is heavy

The web page contains large files such as pictures, 

or the html source code is large.

Here are some Solutions

Buy a faster modem or check your connection

Download the latest version of your browser software

Browse during off-peak hours

Turn of images so the pages just load as text