Users access this information using programs like E-mail, gopher, telnet and web browsers. Telnet allows a user to login to a remote computer to use applications. It is used when you want to transfer a file from one system to another. You would then login as an anonymous user and type your E-mail address as your password. Then you can use FTP commands like get or put to transfer files.
Gopher is a menu based system of accessing Internet information.
To use this gopher, you should telnet to gopher.jvnc.net . This will bring you to the login prompt. WWW is a major step forward in making the process of looking for information fast, powerful, and intuitive. The Web is based on a technology called hyper-text or more accurately, Hyper media because it can handle graphics and sounds in addition to text. Mosaic and Netscape are two of the most popular web browsers.