Some informations on Internet

ABOUT INTERNET

If the Internet were a stock,it would be considered a market phenomenon with sustained doubling growth and no apparent end in sight to the upwards spiral.Recent net numbers are stunning between January 1993 and January 1994 alone,the number of nodes grew from 1.3,13.00 to 2217.00 an impressive 69% increase over countries have full internet connectively and about 150 have at least E-mail services.

No discussion of telecommunications would be complete without discussing the internet,referred to by its millions of users as the Net.The Net evolved from ARPANET, research network created and subsudized in the 1960s by the Defense Department and National Science Foundation (NSF) to link research institutions and government around the world to exchange information on a wide range of topics.Although original ARPANET no longer exists, its design and architecture laid the foundations internet.

The Net,one of the oldest long distance networks in the country is a network of networks.It links approximately 1.5 million computers,attached to more than 13000 networks in 100 or more countries.

Businesses use the Net for a number of tasks,such as sharing files,sending email,and selling goods and services.Fewer than 1% of major companies today are not attached to the Internet.In fact,the internet has become such an integral part of the rate landscape that it is generating a number of entrepreneurial opportunities and specialized jobs:there are internet explorers,security experts,technicians,librarians,trainers and other service providers.In fact,the internet is becoming so that many employers expect their new hires to have a working knowledge of it.

Think of the internet as a huge repository of information on almost every topic able.People all over the world can search the net for informations,add new informations,and exchange views on different topics.The internet is an electronic web connects people and businesses that have access to networks and allows them to send and receive e-mail and to participate in a number of other activities,around the clock.In fact,the internet is so huge with such a wide variety of features,that there are few if any experts in the world who know everything about it.

The primary workings of the internet are funded by the National Science Foundation(NSF) the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) a committee of scientists and experts,provides technical supervision,standars and guidelines for the Net.Any network (remember the internet is simply a network of networks) connected to the internet must abide by the standards established by the Internet Architecture Board (IAB).