List of basic Internet topics

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The Internet is the worldwide, publicly accessible network of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet Protocol (IP). It is a "network of networks" that consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks, which together carry various information and services, such as electronic mail, online chat, file transfer, and the interlinked Web pages and other documents of the World Wide Web.

The following list of topics is provided as an overview of and introduction to the Internet:

Contents 1 Essence of the Internet 2 Types of Internet communication 3 History of the Internet 4 Basic Internet concepts 4.1 E-mail 4.2 Instant messaging 4.3 Internet relay chat 4.4 File transfer 4.5 Telnet 4.6 Usenet newsgroups 4.7 World Wide Web 5 Internet scholars 6 Internet lists 6.1 Web-related lists 6.2 FTP-related lists 7 Internet browsers 8 See also 9 External links

[edit] Essence of the Internet

Main article: Internet

• Computer network, Computer networking
• Internetworking
• Packet switching
• Wide area network

[edit] Types of Internet communication

• Email
• Instant messaging
• Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
• File transfer
• Telnet
• Usenet newsgroups
• World Wide Web

[edit] History of the Internet

Main article: History of the Internet

• History of packet switching

[edit] Basic Internet concepts

• Internet access in the United States
• Internet Archive
• Internet backbone
• Internet censorship
• Internet control message protocol
• Internet democracy
• Internet Engineering Task Force
• Internet friendship
• Internet group management protocol
• Internet phone
• Internet pornography
• Internet Protocol
• Internet protocol suite
• Internet radio
• Internet romance
• Internet service provider
• Internet slang
• Internet standard
• Internet time
• Internet troll

[edit] E-mail

• Post Office Protocol

[edit] Instant messaging

[edit] Internet relay chat

[edit] File transfer

• File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

[edit] Telnet

[edit] Usenet newsgroups

• alt.* hierarchy

[edit] World Wide Web

• Web browser
• Web portal

[edit] Internet scholars

[edit] Internet lists

Main article: List of Internet topics

• Academic databases and search engines
• List of virtual communities

[edit] Web-related lists

• List of blogging terms
• List of journals available free online
• List of search engines
• List of social networking websites
• List of video sharing websites
• List of webcomics
• List of web directories
• List of the largest wikis

[edit] FTP-related lists

• List of FTP commands
• List of FTP server return codes

[edit] Internet browsers

• List of internet browsers

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Find more about Internet on Wikipedia's sister projects:
	Dictionary definitions
	Textbooks
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	Source texts
	Images and media
	News stories
	Learning resources

• "10 Years that changed the world"—WiReD looks back at the evolution of the Internet over last 10 years
• Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard
• A comprehensive history with people, concepts and quotations
• CBC Digital Archives—Inventing the Internet Age
• How the Internet Came to Be
• Internet Explained
• Global Internet Traffic Report
• The Internet Society History Page
• RFC 801, planning the TCP/IP switchover
• Archive CBC Video Circa 1990 about the Internet
• "The beginners guide to the internet."
• "Warriors of the net - A movie about the internet."

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