In this case it is the name of this document. WWW files will end in html or htm , but other files you retrieve may have other extensions depending on their purpose or program. To use it properly, you will first have to turn it on, or enable it, in your communications software. Archie A system to automatically gather, index and serve information on the Internet. Archie provides lookups for files in anonymous FTP sites.
Computers store all information as binary numbers.
In the U.S., the backbone of the Internet is often considered the NSFNet, a government funded link between a handful of supercomputer sites across the country. The speed at which modems transfer data. One baud is roughly equal to one bit per second. It takes eight bits to make up one letter or character. Modems rarely transfer data at exactly the same speed as their listed baud rate because of static or computer problems.