The
Internet consist consists of millions of computer networks, connected together
around the world. A network is a group of connected computers each other. There
are no government rules and regulation for Internet and no ones censors the
information available in the Internet.
The
Internet is an inter-connection between several computers of different types
belonging to various networks all over the globe. It is a network of networks.
The Internet is an ocean of information accessible to people across the world,
but the way it can be used on various platform is different.
How Does Internet Work?
Transmission
Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) prepares the data to be sent and
received. TCP/IP ensures that a Macintosh network can exchange data with a
Windows, or a Unix network, and vice-versa.
The file
that our are sending does not travel to your friends computer directly, or even
in a single continuous stream. The file your are sending gets broken up into
separate data packets. The Internet Protocol side of TCP/IP labels each packet
with the unique Internet address, or IP address of your friend’s computer.
Since these packets will travel separate routes, some arriving sooner than
others, the Transmission Control Protocol side of TCP/IP assigns a sequence
number to each of packets. These sequence numbers will tell the TCP/IP in your
friend’s computer how to reassemble the packets one he receives them. Amazingly
the complicated process of TCP/IP takes place in a matter of milliseconds.
The packets
are then sent from one “router” to the next. Each router reads the IP address
of the packet and decides which path will be the fastest. Since the traffic on
these paths is constantly changing each packet may be sent a different way.
Internet
experience all you really need is either the Netscape Navigator or Microsoft’s
Internet Explorer. In addition to displaying Web pages they also include
options for email. They can also serve as newsreader.
