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Network-Internet,What it is? Definition and Brief History

A network is a group of connected, communicating devices such as computers and printers. An internet (not lowercase i ) is two or more networks that can communicate with each other. The network has a certain Architecture called Topology of the network

The most notable internet is called Internet (uppercase I ), a collaboration of more than hundreds of thousand of interconnected networks. Private individuals as well as various organizations such as government agencies, schools, research facilities, corporations, and libraries in more than 100 countries use Internet. Millions of people are users. Yet this extraordinary communication system came into being in 1969.

The Internet has revolutionized many aspects of our daily lives. It has affected the way we do business as well as the way we spend our leisure time. Count the ways you have used the internet recently. Perhaps you have sent an electronic mail (email) to a business associate, paid a utility bill, read a newspaper from a distant city, or looked up a local movie schedule - all by using the internet. Or, may be you have researched a medical topic, booked a hotel reservation, chatted with a fellow Trekkie, or comparison-shopped for a car.

The internet is a communication system taht has brought a wealth of information to our fingertips and organized it for our use. The internet is a structured, organized system. Before we discuss how it works and its relationship to TCP/IP, we first give a brief history of the Internet and important events in internet history .

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