Internet

• Internet is the collection of networks and routers that form a single cooperative virtual network, which spans the entire globe.
• The Internet relies on the combination of the Transmission Control Protocol and the Internet Protocol or TCP/IP. The majority of Internet traffic is carried using TCP/IP packets. Internet has evolved from a research prototype to become the largest communication media in the world. The explosive usage of the Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW) has stimulated rapid growth of interest in electronic publishing, browsing, and distributed computing.
• In the United States alone, 71% of the population use the Internet. Also, close to 12% of the entire world population use the Internet. With the projections of Gilder and Metcalfe, the number of users is expected to grow even more.