WWW part of Internet
the Internet

The Internet is a global network, connecting many smaller individual networks. For example, the computer in your dorm room is connected to another computer on campus. All the departments on campus are then connected to a larger network in the state. The New York/New Jersey network is connected to regional, national, and international networks.

The Internet is also a set of "protocols" (rules or standards) that allow you to communicate with people, move files between computers, and find and share information. The protocols you are likely to use are:

e-mail for communicating with people across the Internet

http (hypertext transfer protocol) for making Web pages accessible

WWW (World Wide Web) Part of the Internet formed with http servers that can display web pages on browsers.

telnet    for logging into other computers, such as databases and host computers

ftp (file transfer protocol) for transferring files from one computer to another across the Internet
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