The Internet is a global network of computers that communicate with one another. The Internet is similar to the telephone system no one owns or controls the entire network. The Web contains a wide variety of information everything from financial reports to job opportunities, sports results to news, previews of films to astronauts journals. When people say they are surfing the Web, they are browsing its sites by clicking hyperlinks. Surfing means exploring sites about which you may never have heard before, along the way meeting new people, visiting new places, or learning about people and organizations all over the world.
Many Web sites belong to educational institutions, governments, and companies.
Also, because it s easy to publish on the Web, many individuals have set up personal home pages, which contain information, media, and links related to themselves and their interests. A computer with a modem or access to a network connection to the Web. Web browser software. An account with an Internet service provider. Web browsers are applications such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Communicator that allow your computer to view and communicate with Web sites.