These sites contain information on every subject imaginable. There are those who say this is not the case, but documentation bears it out. Through this research the military and computer experts found that the more computers you inter-connected, the more survivable the network would be, and thus the Internet was born. Your call is then routed through long distance lines until it reaches the local phone company that serves the person you are calling, and your call is completed. The Internet works the same way, by using an international network of lines that transmit data instead of voice calls.
Nobody actually owns the Internet.
Just like long distance phone lines, the Internets lines are run and maintained by mutual interest. These providers all meet regularly to agree upon the standards and rules of participating in running the Internet, thus assuring that the Internet adheres to a strict set of regulations. The World Wide Web is only one part of the Internet, but it is the area of greatest interest to you and your customers. The World Wide Web gives the Internet a Graphical User Interface, or in plain terms, pictures and words on the screen. Macintosh made home computing easy to learn and use, The World Wide Web now allows millions of novice computer users easy access to inforamtion via the Internet.