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Introduction
It's your turn
That's right, you too can make a web page! If you're reading this, 99% chances are that you will be able to create your very own home page in no time.
Don't let the terms "world wide web" or "Internet"
scare you away. For me, creating a web page is just writing a report in a word processor,
only that this time, I would be able to upload it onto a server that
can let every one in the world read it ........ don't you think there's a reason we call
it "Internet" ?
What is Internet?
No, ladies and gentlemen. You DO NOT have the Internet in your thousands dollars big white box that has a "cup holder" stick out every time you press the "eject" button. No one owns the Internet. Everyone who has an access to are welcome to use and be a part of it. In order for us home users to have an access, we need to have an Internet service provider (ISP), such as America Online, GTE WorldNet, Microsoft Network, and others. Clearly enough, if you're reading this, you already be a member of one of those guys.
Did you know that you can use your modem (the thing that make noise when you click "dial" on your computer), call up another computer, and be able to chat and transfer files between each other? Well, you can. The same idea with you and your ISP, only that this time it's not just you too, but your ISP now links you in a way that you can connect to all computers in the world, that is if they all have access and they give you permissions. That's basically what Internet is all about.
World Wide Web vs. Internet
Did you know that World Wide Web (WWW) and the Internet are different? World Wide Web is just a part or Internet, the part that let you use your web browsers (Netscape, IE, and others) acts like a client to request and transfer files from another computer, which acts like a server. Most of the time, those are HTML and graphic files. Just for your curiosity (if you have one), other members of the Internet are such as usenet newsgroup, gopher, and chat.