Internet and WWW Simply Explained

Table of Contents

What is the internet and what is it used for? Simple explanations on what is the internet and the flow and organization of information in it are given. Also the e-mail is explained with examples.

• What is the Internet? A brief review of what is the internet and how it is organized.



• How Does the Internet Work? The main ideas explained with examples and diagrams.



• What is a Computer Network?. Concepts and how netwroks work are explained with examples.



• What is a Server?. Definitions and functions of servers explained including web servers and how they work.



• What is the e-mail? A brief review of what is the e-mail and how it works.



• Networks: Internet Basics, Another simple explanation of the internet.



• The World Wide Web, A basic overview of what is the World Wide Web and how it works.



• Understanding the World Wide Web, A tutorial that covers the basics of the World Wide Web, focusing on its technical and practical aspects.



• Criteria for evaluation of Internet Information Resources, A nice tutorial on how to evaluate resources found in the internet?



• World Wide Web in Plain English, A video explaining the world wide web.





References and Books on Computer Security


1 - How the Internet Works? by Preston Gralla -
ISBN-10: 0789736268

2 - The Internet Book: Everything You Need to Know About Computer Networking and How the Internet Works (4th Edition) by Douglas E. Comer.
ISBN-10: 0132335530