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edit   The Internet Portal The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks, consisting of millions of private and public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope that are linked by copper wires, fiber-optic cables, wireless connections, and other technologies. The Internet appears to its users as a single worldwide network accessible to the general public. The protocol that makes it possible to use the millions of networks composing the Internet as if they were one network is a special type of packet switching known as IP or The Internet Protocol. A computer that connects to the Internet can access information from a vast number of servers and other computers. An Internet connection also allows the computer to send information through the network; that information may be saved and ultimately accessed by a variety of servers and other computers. Much of the information widely accessible through use of the Internet consists of the interlinked hypertext documents and other resources of the World Wide Web (WWW). Web users typically send and receive information using a web browser. Other software for interacting with computer networks includes specialized programs for electronic mail, online chat, file transfer and file sharing. Information is moved around the Internet by packet switching using the standardized Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP)which defines how packets are moving in any platform especially the transport layer. The Internet Protocol Suite consists of several layers of protocols. The lowest layer (the link layer) deals with protocols that transmit data over specific technologies, such as Ethernet or Wi-Fi. The highest layer (the application layer) supports specific applications, such as e-mail and file transfer. In between are the Internet layer, which provides for transmitting packets over any conceivable technology, and the transport layer, which provides for various services such as reliable delivery of packets or real-time streaming of packets. edit   Selected article Exploding whales have been documented on two notable occasions, as well as several lesser-known ones. The most famous explosion occurred in the United States at Florence, Oregon, in 1970, when a dead sperm whale (originally reported as a gray whale) was blown up by the Oregon Highway Division in an attempt to dispose of its rotting carcass. This incident became famous in the U.S. when American humorist Dave Barry wrote about it in his newspaper column after viewing a videotape of television footage of the explosion. It later became well-known internationally when the same footage circulated on the Internet. There have also been spontaneous explosions. The other best-reported case of an exploding whale was in Taiwan in 2004, when a buildup of gas inside a decomposing sperm whale caused it to explode while it was being transported for a post-mortem examination. As exploding whales are an interesting and absurd topic, they have been written about by several authors. edit   Selected picture "All your base are belong to us" (often shortened to "All Your Base", "AYBABTU", or simply "AYB") is a broken English phrase (see Engrish) that sparked an Internet phenomenon in 2001 and 2002, with the spread of a Flash animation that depicted the slogan. The text is taken from the opening cut scene of the European Sega Mega Drive version of Zero Wing, a Japanese video game by Toaplan. edit   News Wikinews Internet portal December 17: Australian Federal Court orders ISPs to block copyright infringing sites December 10: Telegram introduces bidirectional IFTTT integration November 25: Telegram introduces blogging and instant view features October 24: Distributed malware attacks Dyn DNS, takes down websites in US October 28: Time magazine names Ahmed Mohamed to 'Most Influential Teens of 2015' October 12: Wikinews interviews painter Pricasso on his art and freedom of expression September 22: Texas student Ahmed Mohamed inspires social movement More... edit   WikiProjects Main project: WikiProject Internet Related WikiProjects: Blogging • Websites • Early Web History • Internet culture What are WikiProjects? edit   Selected biography Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (born May 14, 1984) is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur. As a Harvard College student he founded the online social networking service Facebook with the help of fellow Harvard student and computer science major Andrew McCollum as well as roommates Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. He now serves as Facebook's CEO. Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard dorm room on February 4, 2004. It quickly became a success at Harvard and more than two-thirds of the school's students signed up in the first two weeks. Zuckerberg then decided to spread Facebook to other schools and enlisted the help of roommate Dustin Moskovitz. They first spread it to Stanford, Columbia and Yale and then to other Ivy League colleges and schools in the Boston area. By the beginning of the summer, Zuckerberg and Moskovitz had released Facebook at almost 30 schools. Zuckerberg moved to Palo Alto, California with Moskovitz and some friends during the summer of 2004. They leased a small house which served as their first office. Over the summer, Zuckerberg met Peter Thiel who invested in the company. Today, the company has four buildings in downtown Palo Alto. edit   Did you know... ...that after the non-profit Internet service provider Public Netbase began supporting websites that opposed his political party, Austrian politician Jörg Haider (pictured) accused the organisation of sponsoring child pornography? ...that Scieno Sitter, a content-control software package created by the Church of Scientology, was referred to in the 2006 fictional film The Bridge? ...that 16-year-old Cory Kennedy became an "Internet It girl" in 2006 without her parents even knowing? edit   Categories ▼ Internet ► Internet by continent ► Internet by country ► Internet-related lists ► Internet access ► Internet architecture ► Cyberattacks ► Internet broadcasting ► Internet culture ► Internet databases ► Internet events ► Internet governance ► History of the Internet ► Internet hosting ► Internet people ► Internet law ► Internet-related organizations ► Internet security ► Internet Standards ► Internet terminology ► Works about the Internet ► Internet stubs edit   Selected quote edit   Featured content Featured articles Acid2 From The Doctor to my son Thomas The Million Dollar Homepage Good articles Arena (web browser) Beyond the First Amendment Bomis .bv Cow Clicker Cyber Rights The Daily Stormer Everything That Happens Will Happen Today Fucking Machines Heartbleed Hightail ILoo Microsoft vs. MikeRoweSoft Minneapolis wireless internet network Munchausen by Internet .no Kaycee Nicole Norid On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog PHP .sj The Signpost Twitter Uniform Resource Identifier World Enough and Time YouTube Good topics Norid Featured pictures File:Internet map 1024.jpg edit   Things you can do Place the {{WikiProject Internet}} project banner on the talk pages of all articles within the scope of the project. 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