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Internet, Intranet, and Extranet

The document discusses Internet, intranet, and extranet. It defines Internet as a network of interconnected MANs and WANs that allows for email, chatting, VOIP, video conferencing, and browsing. A browser is used to access specific websites, while a search engine like Google allows users to search the web without knowing exact URLs. Protocols like HTTP, TCP/IP, and FTP establish communication rules between devices. An intranet is a private internal network, while an extranet connects the intranets of multiple organizations for resource sharing.

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Internet, Intranet, and Extranet

The document discusses Internet, intranet, and extranet. It defines Internet as a network of interconnected MANs and WANs that allows for email, chatting, VOIP, video conferencing, and browsing. A browser is used to access specific websites, while a search engine like Google allows users to search the web without knowing exact URLs. Protocols like HTTP, TCP/IP, and FTP establish communication rules between devices. An intranet is a private internal network, while an extranet connects the intranets of multiple organizations for resource sharing.

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Internet, Intranet, and Extranet

Question: What is Internet? Mention some uses of Internet.

Internet:
Internet is a network of networks. When two or more Metropolitan Area
Networks (MANs) are connected then a bigger network is produced which is
called a Wide Area Network (WAN) and that is the Internet. The other names
of Internet are information superhighway or cyber space or simply net.

Some important uses of Internet are:


(i) E-mail
(ii) Chatting (Text based Instant Messaging)
(iii) VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol)
(iv) Video conferencing
(v) Browsing information
and so on.
Question: What are browser and search engine? Give some examples.

Browser:
A browser is a software used to browse or search information on the net. To
search any information using a browser a user needs to know the actual web
site address (URL) of his/her required information.
Example: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera etc.

Search Engine:
A search engine is a software used to search information on the net. To search
any information using a search engine a user does not need to know the
actual web site address (URL) of his/her required information. Instead of that
he/she needs to write some relevant words (keywords) of his/her required
information in a predefined place and then make a search. The output of a
search engine is some links of web sites of his/her required information.
Example: Google, Yahoo, Bing etc.
Question: What do you mean by protocol? Mention some protocols.

Protocol:
Protocol is a set of rules and procedures established between two computers
prior to exchange data between them.
Some protocols and their full meanings are below:

Protocols Full meanings

HTTP Hyper Text Transfer Protocol


TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
FTP File Transfer Protocol
SMTP Simple Message Transfer Protocol
WAP Wireless Application Protocol
Question: What do you mean by intranet and extranet?

Intranet:
An intranet is a private network of an organization. It is the smallest network
than Internet and extranet. It is highly secured network and only the employees
of the organization can access here using valid password. Like Internet, an
intranet can also be browsed using a browser but only the internal data of the
organization.

Extranet:
An extranet is a private network of two or more organizations. It is smaller
network than Internet but larger than intranet. When the intranets of two or
more organizations are connected to each other to share resources and ideas
then a bigger network is produced which is still private and called an extranet.
It is a secured network and only the employees of the organizations can
access here using valid password. Like Internet and intranet, an extranet can
also be browsed using a browser but only the internal data of the
organizations.

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