The document provides an overview of how the Internet works, including its origins with ARPA and the US Department of Defense, how data is transmitted across interconnected networks, the TCP/IP protocol, IP addressing, domains, major Internet applications like the World Wide Web, email, file transfers, and how application programs integrate Internet features.

1. How the Internet Works Ryan Dinwiddie UCC Spring 2010

13. This address is for an Internet server that uses The hypertext transfer protocol. This site belongs to a company named Glencoe. This site is on the part of the Internet known as the World Wide Web. To find the specific Web pages that accompany this book, your browser follows the URL’s path to a folder named “norton,” then to a subfolder named “online.”