Internet Basics

The internet is one of the most popular forms of communication today. It allows us to communicate with our friends and loved ones all over the world, it is one of the main sources of entertainment for millions, and it has become a valued part of our daily lives. We use the internet to buy, rent, and do business. It is also one of the most important tools of research and information storage in the modern age. Without internet usage there would be little if any progress in scientific and technological advances.

There are three primary components of the modern internet that people use everyday. There is the internet connection which connects your computer to the World Wide Web, there is the browser that lets you view the internet and read and manipulate its contents, and there is the email system which allows you to correspond with other internet users. These systems work together to allow you to do virtually anything on the internet. There are also several applications, or programs, that run on the computers that connect to the internet.

A major portion of the internet is owned and run by the larger corporations with the most computing power and infrastructure. These companies have found that they can save money and time by having large networks of computers all connected to the same high speed internet connection. Millions of individuals use their computers to access the internet on a daily basis and this continues to grow each day. It will be years until all of these computers have access to the internet through the same high-speed connection. As of now, however, there are millions of users connecting to the internet every day and more are joining every day.