How does the Internet work? Good question! The Internet's growth has become explosive and it seems impossible to escape the bombardment of www.com's seen constantly on television, heard on radio, and seen in magazines. Because the Internet has become such a large part of our lives, a good understanding is needed to use this new tool most effectively. This whitepaper explains the underlying infrastructure and technologies that make the Internet work. It does not go into great depth, but covers enough of each area to give a basic understanding of the concepts involved. For any unanswered questions, a list of resources is provided at the end of the paper. Any comments, suggestions, questions, etc. are encouraged and may be directed to the author at rshuler@gobcg.com.
A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web.
Internet user is a persons who accessed the Internet in the last 12 months from any device including mobile phones.
A device is a machien that is used to access the internet or any other files.
An Internet service provider is a organization that provides services accessing and using the Internet.
A webpage is a document that is suitable for the World Wide Web and web browsers.
The World Wide Web is an information space where documents and other web resources are identified by Uniform Resource Locators, interlinked by hypertext links, and can be accessed via the Internet.
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