Introduction to the Internet

[andrewducker]

In response to green_amber's request for an introduction to how the internet works, so she can hand it to non-technical people who deal with the internet, I've written this on my Wiki.

I'd really appreciate people taking a look and leaving comments here.

Comments

[andrewducker]

There's no "The Internet".

It's just a bunch of computers.

[catamorphism.livejournal.com]

Then how do you distinguish between the global public network of computers that use TCP/IP, and a private internet such as one consisting of networks within a single company?

[dalglir.livejournal.com]

Yep. 'Internet' and 'internet' have context sensitive meanings and are different things. If I take a hardline hardware view 'The Internet' does exist in the sense that it is the homogenous shared infrastructure connecting the services which can be accessed. The 'bunch of computers' are merely connected to the Internet - they are not part of the infrastructure itself.

[allorin.livejournal.com]

Hilariously (having just read it) you capitalise "Internet" in your headers, and then proceed to decapitalise "internet" within the body text.

Make your mind up!

[andrewducker]

I've also capitalised "Old" "Days" "Companies" "Servers" and pretty much everything other than "of" and "the" in the titles.

That's what ya do with titles.