The Internet (also known simply as the Net) can be briefly understood as "a network of networks". Specifically, it is the worldwide, publicly accessible network of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet Protocol (IP). It consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and governmental networks, which together carry various information and services, such as electronic mail, online chat, file transfer, and the interlinked Web pages and other documents of the World Wide Web.

Contrary to some common usage, the Internet and the World Wide Web are not synonymous: the Internet is a collection of interconnected computer networks, linked by copper wires, fiber-optic cables, wireless connections etc.; the Web is a collection of interconnected documents, linked by hyperlinks and URLs. The World Wide Web is accessible via the Internet, along with many other services including e-mail, file sharing and others described below.

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Setup my own Windows Home Server. Pretty cool piece of tech...now I can get to my files and hope computers from anywhere with internet.
LyteWing (Brent Harrelson) Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:28:37 -0000
Setup my own Windows Home Server. Pretty cool piece of tech...now I can get to my files and hope computers from anywhere with internet.
damn my internet is being all screwy on my computer and because im the only one who knows anything about computers i gotta fix it. bleh!
andnicolesaidd (Nicole Mauceri) Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:27:06 -0000
damn my internet is being all screwy on my computer and because im the only one who knows anything about computers i gotta fix it. bleh!
I bet they mostly have computers and Internet access, too... http://trunc.it/287h1
JohnJMcG (John McGuinness) Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:18:03 -0000
I bet they mostly have computers and Internet access, too... http://trunc.it/287h1
Wow nice storms rolling through, power went out for a while battery back-up keep my computers and internet running.Darn no break for me!
PStruwing (Peter Struwing) Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:45:15 -0000
Wow nice storms rolling through, power went out for a while battery back-up keep my computers and internet running.Darn no break for me!
Wow nice storms rolling through, power went out for a while battery back-up keep my computers and internet running.Darn no break for me!
businessauto (Peter Struwing) Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:45:14 -0000
Wow nice storms rolling through, power went out for a while battery back-up keep my computers and internet running.Darn no break for me!
wow, im in the MWR tent and we have computers with internet and 2 big screen tvs! Whoa! Jenny i cant wait to tell you all about this!
IMN_ (clark tucker) Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:59:06 -0000
wow, im in the MWR tent and we have computers with internet and 2 big screen tvs! Whoa! Jenny i cant wait to tell you all about this!

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