Internet and Intranet and Basic Internet Terms

Internet:

The Internet is the global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols. It is a network of networks that consists of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries a vast range of information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hyper text documents and applications of the World Wide Web (WWW), electronic mail, telephone, and file sharing.

Intranet:

An intranet is a private network that is contained within an enterprise. It may consist of many interlinked local area networks and also use leased lines in the wide area network. The main purpose of an intranet is to share company information and computing resources among employees. An intranet can also be used to facilitate working in groups and for teleconferences.An intranet uses TCP/ IP, HTTP, and other Internet protocols and in general look like a private version of the Internet.

There’s One Major Distinction between an Intranet and the Internet: The Internet is an open, public space, while an intranet is designed to be a private space. An intranet may be accessible from the Internet, but as a rule it’s protected by a password and accessible only to a company’s employees or other authorized users.

Basic Internet Terms:

Browser - A browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI/URL) that may be a web page, image, video or other piece of content.Hyperlinks present in resources enable users easily to navigate their browsers to related resources.

E-mail - Electronic Mail (email or e-mail) is a method of exchanging messages between people using electronic devices. E-mail (electronic mail) is the exchange of computer-stored messages by telecommunication.

Homepage - A home page or a start page is the initial or main web page of a website or a browser.

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)-HTTP means Hypertext Transfer Protocol. HTTP is the underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web and this protocol defines how messages are formatted and transmitted, and what actions Web servers and browsers should take in response to various commands.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) - The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is the standard network protocol used for the transfer of computer files between a client and server on a computer network.

Internet Protocol (IP) Address - An Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. An IP address serves two principal functions: host or network interface identification and location addressing.