The internet
The internet is a worldwide system of interconnected computer networks. When you connect your computer to the internet via your Internet Service Provider (ISP) you become part of the ISP's network.
The World Wide Web
The World Wide Web (WWW or 'web' for short) is the part of the internet that you can access using a An application that displays web pages. such as A web browser developed by Microsoft. or A web browser developed by Mozilla.. It consists of a large number of web servers that host websites. Each website will normally consist of a number of web pages. A web page can contain text, images, video, animation and sound.
Accessing web pages
You can access a website or web page by typing its URL (Uniform Resource Locator) into the address bar of your browser. An example of a URL is http://www.bbc.co.uk.
URLs will have the format 'Hypertext Transfer Protocol - a request/response standard. Web browsers send requests and websites or servers respond to requests.' and a An area of control or management, eg bbc.co.uk is controlled by the 大象传媒. (such as The internet country code for the United Kingdom.). What goes in between is arbitrary, but often has the term "www", eg http://www.bbc.co.uk, but it doesn鈥檛 have to, eg http://news.bbc.co.uk).
Https is the secure version of http. When you use https any Values, typically letters or numbers. you send or receive from the web server is encrypted. For example, when banking online https is used to keep your account details safe.
Most sites have a page that links the user to the other main areas of the site. This is called the homepage.
Web pages are connected by hypertext links. When a link is clicked you will be taken to another page which could be on another A computer that holds data to be shared with other computers. A web server stores and shares websites. in any part of the world.
What is an intranet?
An intranet is a network that works like the internet but is only available within a particular organisation, not to the public. An intranet may have web pages used to share company specific data within that company, such as internal telephone numbers or details of employee benefits.