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Revision as of 04:04, March 19, 2007
The Internet is a global network of interconnected smaller computer networks. Data is transmitted in small packets using the Internet Protocol (IP) where are then reassembled. It originated in the work of DARPA, a research division of the US Army. America continues to retain administrative and technical control over the internet, although many foreign powers - notably China - have annexed sections for their own use.
The Internet is sometimes also known as Cyberspace. Sometimes it is inaccurately referred to as the Web or the World Wide Web, because the Web is only one of numerous protocols that operate on the Internet.