The Internet and the History of Auchencairn

Understanding the Internet

The Internet is an open, heterogenous public network

• It has no centre, and no central authority
  • no-one is responsible for providing information
  • anyone can provide information
• Its standards are established by voluntary bodies
  • the Internet Engineering Task Force
  • the Internet Society
  • the World Wide Web Consortium (w3c)
• It is the largest single information system the world has ever seen

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