The Internet (2)
Backbone of the Internet
- NREN - National Research and Education Network
- NSFnet, both administrated by the National Science Foundation
- NSF - controls the backbone
- FNC - Federal Networking Council coordinates attachment of other networks
- IAB - Internet Activities Board, consists of
- IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force; specifies protocols and standards
- IRTF - Internet Research Task Force; researches new technologies
- TCP/IP - the key protocol used on the Internet