Before
you jump onto the Internet to do your research, let's explain
some basic terms that you'll run into:
What
is the Internet?
The Internet is not a single resource or organization. It
is a worldwide system of computer networks. This vast network
of networks permits its users to exchange electronic mail,
transfer files of texts, images, and sounds, and run programs
on remote computers.
Is
the Internet the same thing as the Web?
No, not exactly. The Web, World Wide Web or WWW is just one
part of the Internet. Some forms of Internet transmissions
do not always take place on the web, such as e-mail and file
transfers. The Web uses hypertext, connections that allow
you to link from one document to another. Links can be images
or text. Text links are usually underlined and/or a special
color.
