Topic outline of the Internet

:"For a more comprehensive list, see the List of Internet topics."

The Internet is the worldwide, publicly accessible network of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet Protocol (IP). It is a "network of networks" that consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks, which together carry various information and services, such as electronic mail, online chat, file transfer, and the interlinked Web pages and other documents of the World Wide Web.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to the Internet:

Essence of the Internet

: "Main article: Internet"

* Computer network, Computer networking
* Internetworking
* Packet switching
* Wide area network

Types of Internet communication

* Email
* Instant messaging
* Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
* File transfer
* Peer-to-peer
* Telnet
* Usenet newsgroups
* World Wide Web

History of the Internet

: "Main article: History of the Internet"

* History of packet switching

Basic Internet concepts

* Internet access in the United States
* Internet Archive
* Internet backbone
* Internet censorship
* Internet control message protocol
* Internet democracy
* Internet Engineering Task Force
* Internet friendship
* Internet group management protocol
* Internet phone
* Internet pornography
* Internet Protocol
* Internet protocol suite
* Internet radio
* Internet romance
* Internet service provider
* Internet slang
* Internet standard
* Internet time
* Internet troll
* Web 2.0

Basic Internet protocols

E-mail

* Post Office Protocol

Instant messaging

* AIM
* ICQ
* Jabber
* MSN
* Yahoo messenger

Internet relay chat

File transfer

* File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

Telnet

Usenet newsgroups

*"alt.*" hierarchy

World Wide Web

* Web browser
* Web portal

Protocols and technologies

* AJAX
* CSS
* DOM
* DHTML
* HTML
* HTTP protocol
* Javascript
* XHTML
* XML

Internet scholars

Internet lists

* Academic databases and search engines
* List of virtual communities

Web-related lists

* List of blogging terms
* List of journals available free online
* List of search engines
* List of social networking websites
* List of video sharing websites
* List of webcomics
* List of web directories
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FTP-related lists

* List of FTP commands
* List of FTP server return codes

Internet browsers

*List of internet browsers

See also

* List of basic information technology topics

External links

* [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.08/intro.html "10 Years that changed the world"—WiReD looks back at the evolution of the Internet over last 10 years]
* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/ Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard]
* [http://www.livinginternet.com/ A comprehensive history with people, concepts and quotations]
* [http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-75-1738/science_technology/internet/ CBC Digital Archives—Inventing the Internet Age]
* [http://www.internetvalley.com/archives/mirrors/cerf-how-inet.txt How the Internet Came to Be]
* [http://www.searchandgo.com/articles/internet/net-explained-1.php Internet Explained]
* [http://www.internettrafficreport.com/ Global Internet Traffic Report]
* [http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/brief.shtml The Internet Society History Page]
* [http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc801.txt RFC 801, planning the TCP/IP switchover]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1A9lYC3g-0 Archive CBC Video Circa 1990 about the Internet]
* [http://abandonshack.com/?page_id=20 "The beginners guide to the internet."]
* [http://www.warriorsofthe.net/ "Warriors of the net - A movie about the internet."]