To Internet and Beyond

The Internet--
Where did it come from? Where is it today? Where is it headed?

History of the Internet

Robert Hobbes' Zakon Timeline of the Internet is a detailed history of the net.
PBS timeline of Internet is nice.
Learnthenet describes many aspects of the Internet.
For some history of the World Wide Web, get it from the creator, CERN.

What is the Internet?

A short introduction to the Internet from Learnthenet.
Don't forget to visit the "Internet Society" - ISOC.

What is the World Wide Web?

WWW for the Clueless is a very short introduction for MIT students.
Register.com explains what a Domain Name is. Click on FAQ's.

Some Internet and World Wide Web Organizations

The WWW Consortium page has About the Web and other great information.

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Getting Connected

PC - Software - Modem - ISP - Internet

The Backbone of the Internet

A picture of the World backbone is available at UUNet.

Finding An Internet Service Provider

Find an ISP by area code at UUNet.

Finding your way there, getting what you want, and remembering where you were

Searching

Start with a few popular search engines.

Lycos has great road maps

Yahoo

Alta Vista which also indexes newsgroups