Wikipedia:The Internet The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP)to serve billions of users worldwide.It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private and public,academic,business, and government networks of local to global scope that are linked by a broad array of electronic and optical networking technologies.The Internet carries a vast array of information resources and services, most notably the inter-linked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web(W)and the infrastructure to support electronic mail. Introduction 1-8Introduction 1-8 Wikipedia: The Internet q The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private and public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope that are linked by a broad array of electronic and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries a vast array of information resources and services, most notably the inter-linked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web (WWW) and the infrastructure to support electronic mail