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Foil 3 Background on the Internet

From Introduction to World Wide Web (WWW) ECS400 Senior Undergraduate Course -- Fall Semester 96. by Nancy J. McCracken * See also color IMAGE
The Internet is a loose federation of networks.
Cooperative organization - no administration, no fees
Most national and international networks are members: NSFNET, ESNET, ARPANET, BITNET
All these networks are packet switched systems based on TCP/IP. Together these protocols allow for communication over a wide variety of technologies. Machines called gateways connect the networks.
Standard domain name system - names are looked up by name server to obtain routing information.
  • symbolic names: npac.syr.edu
  • internet addresses: 128.230.7.2

Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University, npac@npac.syr.edu

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