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==Description==

==Description==

The Internet is sometimes also known as "[[cyberspace]]." Most users are familiar with the [[World Wide Web]] of homepages, marked up with [[HTML]]; the Web is facilitated by one of numerous protocols that operate on the Internet. There is also [[email]], [[FTP|file transfer]], etc.  

The Internet is sometimes also known as "[[cyberspace]]." Most users are familiar with the [[World Wide Web]] of homepages, marked up with [[HTML]]; the Web is facilitated by one of numerous protocols that operate on the Internet. There are also [[email]], [[FTP|file transfer]], etc.  

The common protocol used to access websites (including this one) is the Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP). The creator of this is [[Sir Tim Berners-Lee]], who recently in an online magazine article claimed that given the opportunity, he wouldn't use the HTTP format for websites. Berners-Lee is currently the director of the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium).

The common protocol used to access websites (including this one) is the Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP). The creator of this is [[Sir Tim Berners-Lee]], who recently in an online magazine article claimed that given the opportunity, he wouldn't use the HTTP format for websites. Berners-Lee is currently the director of the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium).

===Ownership of the Internet===

===Ownership of the Internet===

It is true that the Internet is more a concept than an actual tangible entity. Despite this fact, the Internet still relies on a physical infrastructure that connects networks to other networks. Access to the Internet is controlled by [[telephone]] companies, because telephone companies own many of the infrastructure backbones and most of the connectivity hardware; however, no one actually owns the Internet, and no single person or organization controls the Internet in its entirety. There are many organizations, corporations, governments, schools, private citizens, and service providers that all own pieces of the infrastructure.  

It is true that the Internet is more a concept than an actual tangible entity. Despite this fact, the Internet still relies on a physical infrastructure that connects networks to other networks. Access to the Internet is controlled by [[telephone]] companies, because telephone companies own many of the infrastructure backbones and most of the connectivity hardware; however, no one actually owns the Internet, and no single person or organization controls the Internet in its entirety. There are many organizations, corporations, governments, schools, private citizens, and service providers that all own pieces of the infrastructure.

==Controversy==

==Controversy==