Internet Overview

The Internet  is a global network of networks that provides access to hundreds of thousands of computers around the world. As the reach of the network has grown, so has the number of services accessible. The main tools that allow the user to navigate through the Internet, are:

 
 telnet   		 to access remote hosts

 ftp      		 to retrieve data files

 mail     		 to send mail

 WWW      		 to browse World Wide Web (This facility is further described
                  in )

 news     		 to scan the numerous Usenet news groups (This facility is
                  further

               		 described in )

• Internet addresses
• Internet Services