if you want to download this handouts in pdf form then Go to pdf/ppt and then select pdf thanks. What is Internet? • The Internet is a worldwide collection of computer networks connecting academic, governmental, commercial, and organizational sites. • It provides access to communication services and information resources to millions of users around the globe. • Internet services include: • direct communication (e-mail, chat) • online conferencing (Usenet News, e-mail discussion lists) • remote login and file transfer (telnet, ftp) • and many other valuable tools and resources → The Internet and the WWW are not synonyms • WWW also known as the Web • Collection of hyperlinked text documents, audio, and video files, and remote sites etc. Accessed via Internet, computers can contact each other Public files on computers can be read by remote user ◦ usually Hypertext Markup Language (.html) URL - Universal Resource Locator - ...