diference between WAN, web and internet

[neverquit]

Hi
This may sound stupid. But I think it is better to ask rather than remaining in the dark. So Can anybody tell me the difference between WAN ,web and internet

 

[Sky14657]

I don't see a difference between the web and the internet. For the rest:

LAN - a local area network, limited on a site. E.g. our intern network in this building and the adjacent buildings

WAN - a wide area network. E.g. our connection to extern sites some kilometers away. In fact, every great distance network outside the internet.

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[smah]

There is a slight distinction between the 'world wide web' and the 'internet'.

The 'world wide web' is technically the pages that (were originally just html, but now includes scripts and such) are viewed with a 'web' broswer such as IE or Netscape.

The 'internet' contains the

http://www plus

things like FTP sites, gopher (rarely used anymore), Usenet news groups, and a few other things.

But the distinction between these things is getting blurred to the point where there is almost no difference.

 

[tviman]

To put a finer point on smah's response, the "internet" is technically the physical side of the web - the routers, switches, cables, and other connections that allow us to view web pages around the world. In terms of being blurred to the point of being the same, we can't have the "web" without the "internet" and if we didn't have the "web" there wouldn't be much point in having an "internet".

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