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explain internet & protocols

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From: Jo-Ann Benedetti
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 00:00
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     Hi all...

     I have a hard time with clarifying the Internet and the different
     protocols. I want to know how you explain the difference between the
     Internet and the Web to non-technical people.  Do you say that

     1.  The Internet is a worldwide computer network and the way these
     computers "communicate" is through different protocols (telnet, ftp,
     mail, http...)


     or

     2.  e-mail, gopher, telnet, web are parts of the Internet


     or

     3.  do you use some sort of clever analogy?  (the Internet is like the
     phone system and telnet, web, gopher are like voice mail, call
     forwarding...blah, blah, blah)


     Just wondering.

     Jo-Ann
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From: Jo-Ann Benedetti <jbenedetti@CCGATEWAY.AMC.EDU>
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Date: 1998/11/19
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