A report on Internet
Global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices.
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Computer network
20 linksSet of computers sharing resources located on or provided by network nodes.
Set of computers sharing resources located on or provided by network nodes.
In 1974, Vint Cerf, Yogen Dalal, and Carl Sunshine published the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) specification,, coining the term Internet as a shorthand for internetworking.
ARPANET
17 linksThe first wide-area packet-switched network with distributed control and one of the first networks to implement the TCP/IP protocol suite.
The first wide-area packet-switched network with distributed control and one of the first networks to implement the TCP/IP protocol suite.
Both technologies became the technical foundation of the Internet.
Internet protocol suite
14 linksThe Internet protocol suite, commonly known as TCP/IP, is the set of communication protocols used in the Internet and similar computer networks.
World Wide Web
12 linksThe World Wide Web (WWW), commonly known as the Web, is an information system enabling documents and other web resources to be accessed over the Internet.
IP address
12 linksNumerical label such as that is connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication.
Numerical label such as that is connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication.
However, because of the growth of the Internet and the depletion of available IPv4 addresses, a new version of IP (IPv6), using 128 bits for the IP address, was standardized in 1998.
Smartphone
13 linksPortable computer device that combines mobile telephone and computing functions into one unit.
Portable computer device that combines mobile telephone and computing functions into one unit.
They are distinguished from feature phones by their stronger hardware capabilities and extensive mobile operating systems, which facilitate wider software, internet (including web browsing over mobile broadband), and multimedia functionality (including music, video, cameras, and gaming), alongside core phone functions such as voice calls and text messaging.
Router (computing)
12 linksNetworking device that forwards data packets between computer networks.
Networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks.
Routers perform the traffic directing functions on the Internet.
Internetworking
10 linksPractice of interconnecting multiple computer networks, such that any pair of hosts in the connected networks can exchange messages irrespective of their hardware-level networking technology.
Practice of interconnecting multiple computer networks, such that any pair of hosts in the connected networks can exchange messages irrespective of their hardware-level networking technology.
The most notable example of internetworking is the Internet, a network of networks based on many underlying hardware technologies.
IPv6
11 linksInternet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the most recent version of the Internet Protocol (IP), the communications protocol that provides an identification and location system for computers on networks and routes traffic across the Internet.
Packet switching
13 linksMethod of grouping data into packets that are transmitted over a digital network.
Method of grouping data into packets that are transmitted over a digital network.
Packet switching is used in the Internet and most local area networks.