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The Internet (or 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, public, academic, business, and government networks, of local to global scope, that are linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries an extensive range of information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web (WWW) and the infrastructure to support email.
Most traditional communications media including telephone, music, film, and television are being reshaped or redefined by the Internet, giving birth to new services such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and Internet Protocol Television (IPTV). Newspaper, book and other print publishing are adapting to Web site technology, or are reshaped into blogging and web feeds. The Internet has enabled and accelerated new forms of human interactions through instant messaging, Internet forums, and social networking. Online shopping has boomed both for major retail outlets and small artisans and traders. Business-to-business and financial services on the Internet affect supply chains across entire industries.
 
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How To Use The Internet

This RFC is being distributed... to make available some "hints" which will allow new network participants to understand how the direction of the Internet is set, how to acquire online information and how to be a good Internet neighbor... Distribution of this memo is unlimited. -  E. Krol, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Internet, September 1989.

The Internet is a complex space with a rich set of useful features and functions. Knowing how to get the most out of the Internet can help you as much as knowing how to read, maybe more.
Each of the individual Internet application chapters includes a section on how to use the technology, listed below for convenience and ordered by year of creation.

Technology	Invented
How To Use The Internet	1969
How To Use Email	1971
How To Use Mailing Lists	1972
How To Use MUD's	1979
How To Use The Usenet	1980
How To Use IRC	1988
How To Use The Web	1990http://www.livinginternet.com/i/iu.htm