One of the greatest things about the Internet is that nobody really owns it. ... The Internet Society, a non-profit group established in 1992, oversees the formation of the policies and protocols that define how we use and interact with the Internet. ... The Internet is simply a network of networks. ... In this way, every computer on the Internet connects to every other. ... This is crucial for keeping large volumes of data from clogging the connections of "innocent bystanders." ...

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A carefully designed home office network can provide a secure connection to a common private network and the Internet. ... (Coyle, p. 42) Internet/E-mail- Connecting a home network to the Internet enables more than one individual to use a computer at home. ... The central location should be near a cable connection; this is because the network will connect to the Internet using a cable modem. ... A punch down tool is used to attach the wires on to each connection. ... Start by connecting each computer network card to the wall connection. ...

• Word Count: 1752
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• Grade Level: High School

Networking in broad terms can be applied to computing by the means of two computers being linked by the means of cables or wireless connection. ... A Bus network is an interconnection of nodes along a single cable; each node is connected to the main cable via a T-connection. ... Examples of WANs are banking ATMs and the Internet. ... The Session layer allows the creation of connections between machines, which are known as sessions. ... The largest WAN network the Internet was derived from ARPANET, which was the US Department of Defence research network. ...

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DNS The Internet uses a distributed naming system called the Domain Naming System (DNS). DNS allows us to refer to computers by host names as well as by Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. ... For example, there are a number of systems that enable you to create networks using the Internet as the medium for transporting data. ... SONET possesses several characteristics that make it appealing on the Internet today. ... Hardware devices known as ATM switches establish point-to-point connections between endpoints and data flows directly from source to destination. ...

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• Grade Level: High School