Internet

           

The Internet, sometimes called simply "the Net," is a worldwide system of computer networks - a network of networks in which users at any one computer can, if they have permission, get information from any other computer (and sometimes talk directly to users at other computers). It was conceived by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the U.S. government in 1969 and was first known as the ARPANet. The original aim was to create a network that would allow users of a research computer at one university to "talk to" research computers at other universities. A side benefit of ARPANet's design was that, because messages could be routed or rerouted in more than one direction, the network could continue to function even if parts of it were destroyed in the event of a military attack or other disaster.

# Internet characteristics :-

1. It ia a complex network consisting of one fifty million computers or more.

2. It is de-organised.

3. It is de-centralised.

4. It consist billion of files.

5. It is dynamic and widely used.

6. It is expending exponentially.

# Limitations of internet :-

1. Simple network.

2. Organised network.

3. Centralised system.

4. Static and rarely used.

5. Consist of limited number of files.

6. Free of cost.