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B. As the Cold War petered out and personal computers became widespread, the
Internet grew more publicly accessible and user friendly, with the World Wide Web
emerging as a key way for non-technical people to exploit its potential.
C. Indeed, some states actively censor sites they deem problematic: in China,
for example, the government temporarily banned the Google search engine when
it realized that a search for the premier's name, Jiang Zemin, returned a link to an
online game called "Slap the Evil Dictator".
D. On the practical level meanwhile, aspects such as software, network routing
and wiring are largely controlled by corporations such as Microsoft, Cisco, AOL
and the world’s cable providers. There is no official body responsible for tying these
elements together.
E. But the Internet is much bigger and much older - than the World Wide Web.
Roughly speaking, anything you do online that doesn't involve websites is part of
the Net but not part of the Web. This includes everything from video
conferencing and peer-to-peer file sharing to email.
F. But that's not to say the Internet is merely something to play around on. Its also
firmly entrenched in the workplace. Millions of companies use it to promote their
products, take orders and support their customers, and more business
communication is done by email than via phone, fax and printed letter combined.
G. Strictly speaking, what we refer to as the Internet is actually only one of many.
When a number of computers are connected together in a workplace, at home or
anywhere else, they're referred to as a network. And if you connect two or more
of these together - to create a network of networks - the result is "an internet".
But for non-geeks, this is all academic. Just as there's only one sun that matters -
the one that illuminates our planet - there's only one internet that matters: the
giant network of computers that in the last couple of decades has revolutionized
many aspects of modern life. It's this internet - the Internet, written with an
uppercase ”I”.
5 Write questions for the following answers.
1 As a military experiment.
2 It’s hard to estimate.
3 No one.
4 For everything.
5 A plenty of computers connected with each other.
6 E-mail and chat.
7 One is a part of another.
8 In Europe, Canada and the USA.
6 Think of no less than 7 frequently asked questions about the Internet.
Use them in a short dialogue with your partner.
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