ICT Tools

When most people think of the internet, the first thing they think about is the World Wide Web. Nowadays, the terms "internet" and "World Wide Web" are often used interchangeably— but they're actually not the same thing.

The Internet is known as “interconnection of computer networks”. The Internet is a massive network of networks. It connects millions of computers together globally, forming a network in which any computer can communicate with any other computer as long as they are both connected to the Internet. Information that travels over the Internet does so via a variety of languages known as protocols.

Whereas, the World Wide Web, or “Web” for short, is a massive collection of digital pages to access information over the Internet. The Web uses the HTTP protocol, to transmit data and allows applications to communicate in order to exchange business logic. The Web also uses browsers, such as Internet Explorer or Firefox. to access web documents called Web pages that are linked to each other via hyperlinks. Web documents also contain graphics, sounds, text and video.

In short, The internet is the physical network of computers all over the world. The World Wide Web, on the other hand, is a virtual network of web sites connected by hyperlinks (or "links"). Web sites are stored on servers on the internet, so the World Wide Web is a part of the internet.