What is Internet?Definition and history of internet? what is WWW?

1. INTERNET &
WWW
Prepared By: ASHFAQ AHMAD
Department of Library & Information Science
Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak.
Email: ashfaqahmadktk570@gmail.com

2. INTERNET:
■ A very large collection of computer connect to each other using
different means of communication .
■ We use internet to search for information, sending e-mail,
online chatting, online buying and selling .
■ Internet is a network of network .

3. History of internet
■ It began with the development of electronic computers in 1950.
■ In 1969 the development of deffence of the USA setup a network
called ARPANET (Advance Research Project Agency) . NET stand
for Network .
■ In this nework one computer in California was connected to three
computers in Utah.
■ These are first network of the world.

4. WWW (World Wide Web)
■ An information system contains a lot of information world wide in
the form of text , pictures, videos and audios.
Web Page:
■ A Page on the internet , contains information which can be
accessed through web browser.
Web Browser:
■ A software application that enables the users to access the
information on the internet.
■ The first web browser develop was Mosaic on 1990 at national
center for supper computing application.
Website:
■ A collection of interrelated webpage that provide information to