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Internet derives from ‘inter network’. A computer network is essentially the linking of more than one computer. In the beginning there was one computer, then when two computers were linked, a network was created. The ‘inter network’ was created when networks of computers were linked, like a super network. The ‘internet’ literally means ‘connections between many computer networks’. The ‘net’ is merely shorthand for the ‘internet’ which is merely shorthand for the ‘internetwork’.
The World Wide Web (www) or ‘the web’ is one part of the Internet and where your website is posted (thus the address of most websites includes the letters ‘www’.) Email is dealt with by a different computer system and whilst it is considered to be part of the Internet, it is not technically correct to say it is part of ‘the web’.
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