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What
is Internet ?
No surprise -
you have heard it before ! The Internet is a
global network of computer-networks.
Though computer
networks have been around for decades, what
makes Internet so unique is the ability of any
two computers in its fold to talk to each other
no matter the physical location, network, hardware
or software that separate them
This is possible
because computers are connected with each other
using a simple standard common addressing system
and communications protocol called TCP/IP (Transmission
Control Protocol/Internet Protocol). The connection
between the different networks are called "gateways".
These gateways serve to transfer electronic
data worldwide.
There are mainly
two kinds of computers in the Internet - servers
and clients. The resources of the Internet --
information and services -- are provided through
host computers, known as servers. The server
is the computer system that contains information
such as electronic mail, database information,
or text files. As a customer, or "client," you
access those resources via client programs (applications)
which use TCP/IP to deliver the information
to your screen in the appropriate format for
your computer. If you are using Internet access
from VSNL, then your computer is client of VSNL
server. Once you are connected to VSNL server,
your computer becomes part of Internet and can
access any other server in the Internet.
