The standard language that World Wide Web clients and servers use to communicate. Hypertext that includes or links to other forms of media. Text that, when selected, has the ability to present connected documents. A collection of thousands of connected computer networks. It is the end result of millions of computers that all use the same protocol to communicate over both high and low-speed data lines.
Many large corporations have Intranets for their employees.
An extension of the public telephone network designed to carry digitized voice calls, or data from one subscriber to another. A language developed by Sun Microsystems that allows World Wide Web pages to contain code that is executed on the browser. Discussion groups broken down and categorized by subjects-not news. Proprietary networks such as America On Line, CompuServe, and Prodigy that offer online features and Internet access. Plug-ins allow computers to play audio and video.