Java and Database Connectivity: Slide 8

Java and Database Connectivity

The Internet and the Web

Open, heterogenous network of networks, carrying distributed hypertext

Open:: the standards are published, and are not protected by patents, non-disclosure agreements, and so on - anyone can copy them.
Heterogenous:: the standards aren't based on the facilites of any one proprietary sort of computer - any computer can be connected
Networks of networks:: not every computer everywhere has to be able to connect to the same network standards, provided that the networks themselves can intercommunicate.