What is the internet?

[Mosaic]

I'm also doing homework.....

[mike11111]

I once made the mistake, many years ago, of asking my mother for help with my Latin homework. Her withering response was," I pay good money for you to go to grammar school so that you can teach me Latin!"
The next day a neighbour popped round. My mother, full of pride, said, "Our Michael's doing ever so well now. He's at grammar school and learning French and Latin and Algebra. Go on, Michael, say something to Mrs Jones in Algebra".

[Bobbisox]

ha-ha , brilliant Mike

[jaydah]

global computer communication network.

[mike11111]

Actually that's not true, Bobbi, more the re-working of an old joke. My mother was not that stupid, although she did say later, when I told her that I had chosen Latin as one of my A level subjects, " If I'd known you were that keen on Latin fours years ago, I could have sent you to the local Catholic school for nowt!"

[Mosaic]

Nay Mike, the Latin all got dropped in 1968 after the second vatican conference .....unless, like me, you pre-date that?
Mea maxima culpa....

[mike11111]

I do. Was in the RAF by 1968.

[Berkshirelad]

The internet is a network of individual computers that are connected via independent and constantly variable routing. It was originally conceived by DARPA in the USA to maintain communications in the event of a nuclear attack destroying communications centres.

Google, etc. is actually the World Wide Web ( a British invention) and is a service that runs on the internet.

The 2 terms are not interchangeable. The WWW needs the internet but the internet can function without the WWW.

[MarkRae]

> The two terms are not interchangeable.

Correct, but you'd be amazed at how many people will happily tell you that Sir Tim Berners Lee invented the Internet:
http://www.theanswerb...2.html#answer-4876929

[society]

Mosiac, I think this is a fair question to ask especially to stir a conversation.
Some just enjoy taking the p!ss. Most do from time to time, including myself . :-)

"What is the internet?"

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[krista]

If this person is asking a question for homework, NONE of you had a go at this person for asking about homework but when i ask for homework you go " get your life sortit out im not doing your homework" is there a problem with me or somthing???? it looks to me that whenthis person asks a question you bow down to their feet!!!!! from krista
oh yeah this is to the person if you need to know what the internet is how come your using it? from erin(kristas sister)