What exactly is the Internet?
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The internet is a giant lifeform born in the Philippines or... just look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet
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Here is a good explanation of the internet from Senator Ted Stevens, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, And Transportation... (as relayed by Jon Stewart)
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Internet is computers and connections between them.
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It's not a dump truck. It's a series of tubes.
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Basically, large companies own "servers" which are similar to very large hard drives. On the servers, information is stored as (usually) HTML documents, along with any pictures, music, and video files those documents may need (and stand alone files for downloading). These HTML documents are text files. They contain code (called HTML) that tells the web browser how to arrange items on the page. When you type in a web address, you are requesting that information from these servers be copied onto your computer's hard drive so that you may use it. That's the basic idea. Almost every computer in the world is connected to these servers (and to eachother through these servers) by means of, eventually, telephone or TV cables.
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It's your best dreams and worst nightmares rolled into one.
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International Network of Interconnected Computers.
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