The Internet is the vast collection of inter-connected computer networks also referred to as the Information Superhighway . The Internet includes e-mail, telnet, FTP, gopher, and the World Wide Web. It was the first function the Internet served, and probably one of the more popular uses still today. Telnet or remote login permits your computer to log onto another computer and use it as if you were there. The library catalog is a telnet connection.
Gopher is an early, text only method for accessing Internet documents.
Take a look at this gopher site . You can see why the World Wide Web has for the most part taken the place of gopher. The World Wide Web incorporates all of the above Internet functions, and then some. It functions using hypertext. Hypertext allows you to link a picture or highlighted text to other documents on the web.