Perhaps you've heard of the World-Wide Web or Gopher Space or Veronica. Those are all applications that run on the computers that make up the Internet. The main use of the Internet is still e-mail. The most popular use of the Internet is the World-Wide Web . This consists of all the computers on the Internet that are configured as Webservers.
Many people think the Internet and the Web are one and the same.
Frequently Asked Questions. For more info on the net, look at NASA's Internet FAQ . If confused by acronyms, check out Explain search engine or the Glossary of Internet Terms . For tours of the 'Net, try Global Village Patrick Douglas Crispen's Internet Roadmap is an excellent set of lessons about all facets of the internet.