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• The Internet is a worldwide interconnection of many different computers and networks.

• The Internet allows users to efficiently share information, programs and equipment and to communicate with each other.

• The Internet, developed for use by the military and scientific communities, is a words-and-pictures information service available on the Internet.

• It provides access to a full range of Internet resources from various locations in an easy to use format.

• World Wide Web documents contain links that, when selected, lead to other documents.

• The Web allows users to "browse" the Internet by pointing and clicking on words or graphics.

Sometimes people use the terms Internet and the Web interchangeably.   You may hear people say, "I'm surfing the Net," or "I'm on the Web."

This material is from the "CyberSeniors" Internet Tutorial formerly available on  the Multnomah County Public Library and other resources from the Internet  (art and animation from Animation Factory).

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