The Internet is a global, decentralized network of computers taking advantage of common protocols permitting the transfer of information. No individual, company or government controls the Internet. The World Wide Web is the multimedia area of the Internet. A WWW page can look like a magazine page. WWW browsers permit users to view text, photographs, and video.
Individuals can also access audio, data, andprograms.
WWW sites can be found by typing a few key words into a search engine and, with in seconds, receiving a list of sites containing those words. FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. FTP sites aredirectories of files of all types. These files can be in any form and can be found with search engines. E-mail is an electronic mail system in which different users can exchange messages.