There and Back Again: A Packet's Tale - How does the Internet work?How does the Internet really work? The World Science Festival (http://worldsciencefestival.com/) created this short video explainer as a setup to Internet Everywhere. Watch the full program: http://worldsciencefestival.com/webca...
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How Websites Work
Ever wondered where websites come from? Learn what websites are made of, where they are stored, and how they get to your computer at home!
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What is the Web?
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TEDEd: What is the World Wide WebThe World Wide Web is used every day by millions of people for everything from
checking the weather to sharing cat videos. But what is it exactly? Twila Camp describes this interconnected information system as a virtual city that everyone owns and explains how it's organized in a way that mimics our brain's natural way of thinking. |
Who Invented the Internet? And Why?
This video describes a brief history of the Internet. Click here to read an article that summarizes the main points of the video.
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Tim Berners-Lee
Tim Berners-Lee invented html and the World Wide Web.
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What is a browser?Basic explanation of the web browser. Learn more at http://whatbrowser.org
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Parts of a Web Browser
Learn the basics about using a Web browser to navigate online.
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HTML Tutorial: What is HTML? |
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How to Use an Internet Web Browser : How to Type a URL Into aTyping in a web address frequently requires a prefix of "www." and a suffix of ".com" or others such as ".org" and ".gov" to designate the type of site. Correctly type a web address into an Internet URL browser with tips from an Internet guru in this free video on how to use Internet browsers.
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DNS
Common Craft World Wide Web In Plain EnglishThis is a short explanation of what makes the World Wide Web work: browsers, packets, servers and links.
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Microsoft - What is the Internet?The Internet. The World Wide Web. Millions of Web sites that people visit every day. You can send email, buy stuff, even look at pictures from space, but what really is the Internet? Learn how Web sites work and how you connect to them. A video by kids, for kids.
TED: Andrew Blum: What is the Internet, really?When a squirrel chewed through a cable and knocked him offline, journalist Andrew Blum started wondering what the Internet was really made of. So he set out to go see it -- the underwater cables, secret switches and other physical bits that make up the net.
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NASA Kids Science News - How the Internet WorksA high level video that describes how you get from your computer to the KSNN website. It introduces the concept of: server, address, link, Internet, network of servers,
U&I Learning - How Does the Internet Work?Here's a site by U&I learning that describes different aspects of how the Internet works including simulations. It introduces the concepts: computer, networks, protocols, Internet, tcp/ip, addresses, packets, routing, why tcp/ip, client, server, capacity, traffic, and provides examples and simulations.
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Web IQ Quiz
Most American Internet users aren't familiar with the concepts underpinning the Internet and common technology, a survey released Tuesday found.
Pew Research Center's Web IQ Quiz polled Americans with 17 questions relating to the web and technology, varying in technicality from where hashtags are used to the what Moore's Law means, according to the survey. While the majority of quiz takers correctly defined common Internet terms like net neutrality, most respondents struggled to correctly answer other questions about the infrastructure behind the Internet, like whether "Internet" and "World Wide Web" are the same. The survey also found that only 44% of respondents were aware that a company's privacy policy doesn't necessarily mean the firm will actually keep users' information confidential. Younger Internet users performed the best on the quiz, with the lowest age bracket (18-29) answering on average 10.1 out of the 17 questions correctly (about 60%). The highest age bracket (65+) answered on average 7.8 out of the 17 questions correctly (about 45%). |
Home of the First WebsiteA recreation of the first website at CERN.
Browser MuseumSee how web browsing has changed over the years.
How to Increase Your Broadband Speed
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What Are Websites Actually Made Of? [Infographic]Internet 2012 in numbers (Royal Pingdom)
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Internet Browser Statistics |