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Outline of the Internet
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Short description: Overview of and topical guide to the Internet
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See also: Index of Internet-related articles
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Internet.
Internet worldwide, publicly accessible network of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet Protocol (IP). It is a “network of networks” that consists of millions of interconnected smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks, which together carry various information and services, such as electronic mail, online chat, file transfer, web services and the interlinked / hyperlinked Web pages and other documents of the World Wide Web.
Internet features
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- Wikis
Internet communication technology
Internet infrastructure
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- Internet exchange point (IXP)
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- Request for Comments (RFC)
Internet communication protocols
Link Layer
<!– PLEASE ONLY INCLUDE WIDESPREAD PROTOCOLS WHICH ARE ACTUALLY USED TODAY, AND WHICH ARE OFFICIAL STANDARDS –> Link Layer
- Address Resolution Protocol (ARP/InARP)
- Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
- Tunneling protocol (Tunnels)
- Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)
- Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
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- Digital subscriber line (DSL)
Internet Layer
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- Internet Protocol (IP)
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Transport Layer
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- User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
Application Layer
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- Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
- Domain Name System (DNS)
- File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
- Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
- Network Time Protocol (NTP)
- Post Office Protocol (POP)
- Remote procedure call (RPC)
- Secure Shell (SSH)
- Transport Layer Security (TLS/SSL)
History of the Internet
History of the Internet<br> The internet wasn't invented but continually developed by internet pioneers.
- Predecessors
- NPL network a local area computer network operated by a team from the National Physical Laboratory in England that pioneered the concept of packet switching.
- Merit Network a computer network created in 1966 to connect the mainframe computers at universities that is currently the oldest running regional computer network in the United States.
- CYCLADES a French research network created in the early 1970s that pioneered the concept of packet switching, and was developed to explore alternatives to the ARPANET design.
- Computer Science Network (CSNET) a computer network created in the United States for computer science departments at academic and research institutions that could not be directly connected to ARPANET, due to funding or authorization limitations. It played a significant role in spreading awareness of, and access to, national networking and was a major milestone on the path to development of the global Internet.
- National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET)
- History of Internet components
- Network access point (NAP)
Internet usage
Internet politics
- Internet privacy a subset of data privacy concerning the right to privacy from third parties including corporations and governments on the Internet.
- Censorship the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information, on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, politically incorrect or “inconvenient” as determined by government authorities or by community consensus.
- Censorship by country the extent of censorship varies between countries and sometimes includes restrictions to freedom of the Press, freedom of speech, and human rights.
- Internet censorship the control or suppression of what can be accessed, published, or viewed on the Internet enacted by regulators or self-censorship.
- Content control software a type of software that restricts or controls the content an Internet user is capable to access.
- Internet censorship circumvention the use of techniques and processes to bypass filtering and censored online materials.
- Internet law law governing the Internet, including dissemination of information and software, information security, electronic commerce, intellectual property in computing, privacy, and freedom of expression.
Internet organizations
- Domain name registry or Network Information Center (NIC) a database of all domain names and the associated registrant information in the top level domains of the Domain Name System of the Internet that allow third party entities to request administrative control of a domain name.
- Private sub-domain registry an NIC which allocates domain names in a subset of the Domain Name System under a domain registered with an ICANN-accredited or ccTLD registry.
- Internet Society (ISOC) an American non-profit organization founded in 1992 to provide leadership in Internet-related standards, education, access, and policy.
- InterNIC (historical) the organization primarily responsible for Domain Name System (DNS) domain name allocations until 2011 when it was replaced by ICANN.
- Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) a nonprofit organization responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of several databases related to the namespaces of the Internet, ensuring the network's stable and secure operation.
- Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) a department of ICANN which allocates domain names and maintains IP addresses.
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Non-profit Internet organizations
- Advanced Network and Services (ANS) (historical)
Commercial Internet organizations
Cultural and societal implications of the Internet
- Sociology the scientific study of society, including patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and culture.
- Sociology of the Internet the application of sociological theory and methods to the Internet, including analysis of online communities, virtual worlds, and organizational and social change catalyzed through the Internet.
- Digital sociology a sub-discipline of sociology that focuses on understanding the use of digital media as part of everyday life, and how these various technologies contribute to patterns of human behavior, social relationships and concepts of the self.
Underlying technology
- MOSFET (MOS transistor)
- CMOS (complementary MOS)
- LDMOS (lateral diffused MOS)
- RF CMOS (radio frequency CMOS)
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External links
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Disambiguation
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