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Friday 22 July 2011

Internet Basics


In 1969,as an experimental four-computer network called ARPAnet,which was designed by the U.S Defense Department so that research scientists could communicate.
After a while,commerical organizations began to recognize the use of such a network which converted the whole world into a Global Village and allowed almost instant access to business or commerce data and a host of other services such as E-Mail and E-Commerce.
Internet Service Provider(ISP):The networking giants gave access to the internet via Gateways.
Pipe line:The server's connection to the internet is called its Internet Pipeline. ISP pipeline bandwidths of 2GB to 10GB are quite common.
The Internet consists of two types of computers Servers and Clients..
Computers which offer information to be read are called Servers
Computers that read the information offered are called Clients
 Servers run special software (Web Server software) that allows them to
Respond to Client requests for information.
Accept data from Clients.

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