The Internet or the NET is a global federation of networks that have agreed to share information and resources. It started as a tool to let scientists and researchers share expensive computer resources. In the last few years the Internet has grown into something much larger. Until recently, the only way to gain access to the Internet was through one of the participating networks. Now thousands of companies provide public access to the Internet for a fee.
Most Internet services offer Intent access, browsers and e-mail.
The concept of the WWW or the Web was created in Switzerland in 1991 to allow hyperlinks within documents. The Web is a system that connects information, regardless of where it is stored, letting you jump from an article on swimming on a computer in Denver to a related article on the 2000 Olympics in Sydney Australia. Making the leap form one Web page to another is as easy as clicking a picture or text known as a hyperlink. The graphic interface is one of the main reasons for the Web's success. Software programs called Web Browsers are designed to access the Web and use familiar interfaces.