7  The Internet

  • As we have seen, the Internet is a collection of connected networks that cooperate in order to exchange data. It uses a range of different technologies and is not owned by any single organisation.
  • When you access the Internet from your home, all the content that you interact with is located on servers around the world that are themselves connected to the Internet. This is true when you are using social media, playing an online game (like Minecraft), shopping, using email or accessing educational resources.
  • When using the World Wide Web (WWW) via a web browser, you are accessing the Internet, but remember that the WWW is just one of the services that is accessible via the Internet.
  • Watch the following video for more information about the basic operation of web and email services.
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6  Mobile wireless

8  Online behaviour