Jargon Buster
Jargon Buster
(Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers) A worldwide organisation that regulates the co-ordination of website names with IP address numbers on the internet using DNS. This co-ordination allows IP Address numbers to be replaced by website addresses, to make surfing the web much more accessible. Without it, web users would have to enter a string of numbers to find websites rather than the website name e.g. instead of typing www.google.com you would have to type http://209.85.229.99/. The work of ICANN means that regardless of your location worldwide, your experience on the internet remains the same.
For more information visit www.icann.org/en/about/ or http:// 192.0.32.7/
Although many people think that the Internet and the World Wide Web are the same thing, they are not. The internet is a collection of interconnected computer networks, linked by wires, fibre-optic cables and wireless connections. The Web is a collection of interconnected documents and other resources, linked by hyperlinks and URLs. The World Wide Web is accessible via the internet, as are many other services including email, web pages and file sharing.
A web browser, commonly referred to as IE, developed by Microsoft Internet Service Provider / ISP.
Internet Protocol (IP) Address works as a normal address by allowing computer equipment (including PC’s, printers, modems, routers etc.) to be identified, so they can communicate with each other. Automatically assigned, your IP Address can be used to identify your equipment by ISP’s to ensure you are not exceeding any imposed bandwidth limits. IP Addresses are also used to identify websites.
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