Other service providers include America Online, Compuserve, Microsoft Network, many Universities, TDSNet, and Charter. E-mail is one part of the Internet. It allows people to send and receive text messages on their computers, even if those computers are not on the same network. The World Wide Web is another part of the Internet. It is made up of Web Sites or Homepages that have formatted text, graphics, and multi-media capabilities.
Web sites are groups of files that are stored in public folders on public networks.
Some Web sites are made by organizations such as government agencies or private businesses. Other Web sites are made by people like you and me who have a special interest in a topic. The address contains the name of the network, sometimes the names of folders storing pages, and sometimes the name of the page itself. A Link or Hyperlink is a little bit of colored text on a Web page. When you click it with the mouse, you go to a different Web page.