Outline of the Internet

The Internet is the worldwide, publicly accessible network of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet Protocol (IP). It is a "network of networks" that consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks, which together carry various information and services, such as electronic mail, online chat, file transfer, and the interlinked Web pages and other documents of the World Wide Web.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Internet:

Contents 1 Essence of the Internet 2 Types of Internet communication 3 History of the Internet 4 General Internet concepts 5 Basic Internet protocols 5.1 E-mail 5.2 Instant messaging 5.3 Internet Relay Chat 5.4 File transfer 5.5 Telnet 5.6 Usenet newsgroups 5.7 World Wide Web 5.7.1 Protocols and technologies 6 Internet scholars 7 Internet lists 7.1 Internal-related lists 8 Internet browsers 9 See also 10 External links

Essence of the Internet

Main article: Internet

• Computer network, Computer networking
• Internetworking
• Packet switching
• Wide area network

Types of Internet communication

• Email
• Instant messaging
• Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
• File transfer
• Peer-to-peer
• Telnet
• Usenet newsgroups
• World Wide Web

History of the Internet

Main article: History of the Internet

• History of packet switching

General Internet concepts

• Internet access in the United States
• Internet Archive
• Internet backbone
• Internet censorship
• Internet control message protocol
• Internet democracy
• Internet Engineering Task Force
• Internet friendship
• Internet group management protocol
• Internet phone
• Internet pornography
• Internet Protocol
• Internet protocol suite
• Internet radio
• Internet romance
• Internet service provider
• Internet slang
• Internet standard
• Internet time
• Internet troll
• Web 2.0

Basic Internet protocols

E-mail

• Post Office Protocol
• Internet Message Access Protocol

2. The explanation outlines the origins and history of the internet

Instant messaging

See list of Instant Messaging Services.

Internet Relay Chat

File transfer

• File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

Telnet

Usenet newsgroups

• alt.* hierarchy

World Wide Web

• Web browser
• Web portal

Protocols and technologies

• AJAX
• CSS
• DOM
• DHTML
• Flash animation
• HTML
• HTTP protocol
• Javascript
• TCP/IP
• Transport Layer Security or SSL
• VOIP
• XHTML
• XML

Internet scholars

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Internet lists

• Academic databases and search engines
• List of virtual communities

Internal-related lists

• List of blogging terms
• List of journals available free online
• List of search engines
• List of social networking websites
• List of video sharing websites
• List of webcomics
• List of web directories
• List of the largest wikis

Internet browsers

• List of internet browsers

See also

• Outline of information technology

External links

Find more about Internet on Wikipedia's sister projects:
	Definitions from Wiktionary
	Textbooks from Wikibooks
	Quotations from Wikiquote
	Source texts from Wikisource
	Images and media from Commons
	News stories from Wikinews
	Learning resources from Wikiversity

• "10 Years that changed the world"—WiReD looks back at the evolution of the Internet over last 10 years
• Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard
• A comprehensive history with people, concepts and quotations
• CBC Digital Archives—Inventing the Internet Age
• How the Internet Came to Be
• Internet Explained
• Global Internet Traffic Report
• The Internet Society History Page
• RFC 801, planning the TCP/IP switchover
• Archive CBC Video Circa 1990 about the Internet
• "The beginners guide to the internet."
• "Warriors of the net - A movie about the internet."

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