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    The document discusses the history and structure of the internet. It explains that the internet is a global collection of interconnected computer networks that is not controlled by any single entity. Individual networks can choose whether to connect to the internet. The internet allows for sharing of resources and information between connected computers. It also facilitates sharing of multimedia content like images, video and sound through technologies like the World Wide Web. Local area networks (LANs) refer to interconnected computers within a physical proximity that share hardware, software and data resources. Larger LANs may connect multiple smaller department LANs within a large organization.

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    The document discusses the history and structure of the internet. It explains that the internet is a global collection of interconnected computer networks that is not controlled by any single entity. Individual networks can choose whether to connect to the internet. The internet allows for sharing of resources and information between connected computers. It also facilitates sharing of multimedia content like images, video and sound through technologies like the World Wide Web. Local area networks (LANs) refer to interconnected computers within a physical proximity that share hardware, software and data resources. Larger LANs may connect multiple smaller department LANs within a large organization.

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    The document discusses the history and structure of the internet. It explains that the internet is a global collection of interconnected computer networks that is not controlled by any single entity. Individual networks can choose whether to connect to the internet. The internet allows for sharing of resources and information between connected computers. It also facilitates sharing of multimedia content like images, video and sound through technologies like the World Wide Web. Local area networks (LANs) refer to interconnected computers within a physical proximity that share hardware, software and data resources. Larger LANs may connect multiple smaller department LANs within a large organization.

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    The Internet is a global collection of interconnected computer networks. The easiest way to understand it is first examining small scale networks, and then building step by step to a picture of the entire Internet. No single entity controls the Internet . Rather, individual components are managed by various public and private institutions.

    Presets Two
    Many internet old timers are deeply committed to a decentralized internet slightly anarchistic place that welcomes the free exchange of ideas. Private networks arent automatically hooked up to the internet. They must connect special hardware and software.

    Presets Three
    The internet is much more than the sum of its parts; it also encompasses the incredible wealth of resources that are stored on internet computers, as well as the contributions of millions of people who maintain and add to those resources. A network is simply a bunch of computers that are connected (via cables, phone lines, or high speed data lines, or satellite) in order to share resources and information.

    Presets Left
    In the old days, it was hard to view anything but text based documents on the internet. That changes with the advent of World Wide Web, because Web document can include colors, graphic, images, sound and video clips, animation, and more. Here are text based and graphical views of Gamespot, a popular computer entertainment news site.

    Presets Right
    The term local area network (LAN) describes interconnected computers all fairly close to one another physically that not only share such hardware resources as printers but also software and data. A small company may have its computers connected in one LAN, large companies may have a separate LAN for each department the LAN together to form a large LAN.

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    In many LANs there is at lease one computer (normally) a very fast one with a lot of disk space) designed as the file server. The other computers on the network can electronically access both programs and data stored on the file server, allowing people to share files without having to distribute them in printed form or on floppy disks.

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