Did you know that the web and the internet are not the same?
By nykel88
@nykel88 (999)
Philippines
March 18, 2010 5:57am CST
Many people might not know the history of the internet and the web but here is the thing.. They are not synonymous or having the same meaning.
The internet is by far a global system of interconnected computers that uses TCP/IP to serve million or even billions of people worldwide. The internet was not really for the public, it was for the U.S. military making a network of computers only for military use and not until the mid 1990s it was now release into public due to the new organization who funded the internet and led it to be commercialize into public.
The web is not the internet itself but an Application or Service developed by Berner-Lee. To cut this short the web is simply for collecting interrelated documents, hyperlinks and URLs containing videos, music, documents and etc. The web only needs the internet due to there TCP/IP or internet addresses.
In short, No Internet = No Web but if No Web = There still can be an Internet.
Nice to know facts.
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9 responses
@rsa101 (40966)
• Philippines
19 Mar 10
Nice trivia in there but nowadays this two words seems very same now as they could not really see the difference behind the two words. But I was amazed that you still know it because this time these words can be used interchangeable already and no one would ever correct you for using it.
@neildc (17238)
• Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
19 Mar 10
i know that some people are not too techie about what we are using now. isn't the www stands for world wide web? that is why we have the browsers now. internet is the protocol that needs the web to work. this is great information to everyone, nice topic.
@titaniumpen (676)
• Hong Kong
18 Mar 10
So, in short, web=a service, internet=a network of computers?
No, I did not know that the web is different from the internet. I wonder what the world looks like without the internet. Not only we'll not be able to play video games, hospitals will run into some issues too.
@nykel88 (999)
• Philippines
18 Mar 10
Yes the web is a service in the internet. We can still connect computers even though we don't have a web. The main purpose of the web is the multimedia and the documents to be shared to another person using the Internet. Yeah I also wonder what would happen if the internet didn't got invented, probably we'd be reading books but we can still play video games but not online or multiplayer just single mode. Lol
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
18 Mar 10
This was very educational. Thanks. It's like a square can be a rectangle, but a rectangle can't be a square, sort of. Thanks and take care.
@common_man (1799)
• India
18 Mar 10
Hi friend
thanks for sharing history of internet. Though i was aware, many members may not be. Simply put i will say internet is network of networks(OF computer) The WEB or World wide WEB application has made the internet so popular.The other technology/protocol that made difference is http and html. Ofcourse now .asp .php also have come and are ruling the web
