Internet"The Information super highway"

• The Worlds largest network of networks

  • More than 21,000 networks
  • More than 1,3 Million main computers
  • More than 50 Million users

• Consists of a number of smaller nets connected together (NFSNet, Bitnet, Tymnet, swipnet, Eunet etc.)

• No central connection point

• No central organisation

  • Internet Society
  • Internet Engineering Task Force

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