The Internet

Question 1

What is the Internet

Answer 1

A network of networks, connecting many private, business, academic, and government computers worldwide into an infrastructure upon which many services are delivered

Question 2

ISP (Internet Service Provider)

Answer 2

Verizon, AT&T, Comcast, Cogent, etc.
ISPs also provide residential connections
ISPs might be for profit or some kind of consortium

Question 3

Open standards/protocol

Answer 3

Agreed upon set of rules (protocols) or conventions governing communication among Internet nodes
Available free to everyone
The universal use of protocols TCP and IP enables the flow of data on the Internet. They are commonly named together: TCP/IP

Question 4

Distributed ownership

Answer 4

Different portions of the infrastructure are owned by different entities

Question 5

Multitude of devices

Answer 5

Millions of smaller digital networks linking a wide-range of intelligent devices (nodes)