INTERNET

What is Internet?

The Internet is millions of computers throughout the world, all connected by cables.the Internet is made up of millions of computers.

You connect to the Internet through a device called a modem, and an ISP (Internet Service Provider). Your ISP might be MSN, America Online, Comcast, Juno, or any of several hundred other companies.

The term online means "connected to the Internet". When your computer is online, you have access to all the stuff on the Internet, as well as all the stuff on your local hard disk. The term offline means "not connected to the Internet", sort of like snipping the wire that runs from your computer to your ISP. When you're offline, you only have access to the stuff that's on your own hard disk. You can't get to things on the Internet when you're offline.