There is also a wide range of plug-ins and helper programs which work in association with your browser to enhance your multimedia experience of the web. These are small applications which view, display, or play the many sound, video and graphic files that you will encounter as you tour the web. The only hardware you need besides your computer is a modem. The better your computer and modem, the more enjoyment you will get from exploring the Internet. The multimedia available over the Internet consists of large files which can take a long time to download.
Faster equipment helps speed up data transfer.
While you can access the Internet with less powerful configurations, this does slow down response time, and limit the number of current release clients and plug- ins you will be able to run. You can find more information on the Internet, its development, and how it works in the Introductory Module of QUIK-it . The Finding Information and Communications Modules detail the popular Internet services. The World Wide Web offers the potential for content providers to offer seamless access across these services, without requiring special clients and protocols at the user end. The World Wide Web uses HTTP, the Hypertext Transfer Protocol for exchange of hypertext or hypermedia documents.