Differences between the internet and the World Wide Web. KEFAS BANGRIPGA U16TJ2030.

INTERNET: THE GATEWAY TO THE WEB.
By Kefas Bangripga
U16TJ2030 400 level
INTRODUCTION
For most people that surf the net on a frequent basis, the Internet and World Wide Web are the most common terms associated with browsing. There is absolutely no doubt that the two terms, are the most important components in associated with internet technology. Without these two components, accessing information and data online is practically impossible. The two share some degree of similarities in terms features, which makes people consider the two as the same, with nomenclature as the only differencing factor. The two remain different in terms of functions and other operational parameters.
According to Horvath (2006) Most people have a common misconception that the Internet and World Wide Web are the same as the two terms are often used interchangeably. However, there are many subtle differences between the two terms. While the Internet is a global network comprised of computers, the World Wide Web is an extremely common application used online and it uses the hypertext transfer protocol, or http, to navigate across different documents and files from different databases of computer networks.
INTERNET AND THE WORLD WIDE WEB
The Internet is a comprehensive network of computers and was conceptualized during 1969 by the ARPA or Advanced Research Projects Agency. The World Wide Web is much newer compared to the Internet and was initialized during the 1990s. The World Wide Web is a collection of web pages following the http protocol that can be accessed via the Internet from any part of the world. The http protocol is a kind of language that is used on the Internet in order to transfer data and communicate. This is an application used on the Internet and all pages that are part of the World Wide Web begin with http://www with www being an abbreviation for World Wide Web.
The World Wide Web is a model for sharing information. It represents a method of accessing content through the Internet. In order to understand the true working of search engines, it is crucial to know the differences between the Internet and the World Wide Web. Search engines search websites available within the World Wide Web and no other sites located across the Internet.

UNDERSTANDING THE NITTY-GRITY OF THE INTERNET
Diffen (2014) identified that, the Internet is actually a huge network that is accessible to everyone & everywhere across the world. The network is composed of sub-networks comprising of a number of computers that are enabled to transmit data in packets.
The internet is governed by a set of rules, laws & regulations, collectively known as the Internet Protocol (IP). The sub-networks may range from defense networks to academic networks to commercial networks to individual PCs. Internet, essentially provides information & services in the form of E-Mail, chat & file transfers. It also provides access to the World Wide Web & other interlinked web pages.
Internet is the hardware part – it is a collection of computer networks connected through either copper wires, fiber-optic cables or wireless connections whereas, the World Wide Web can be termed as the software part it is a collection of web pages connected through hyperlinks and URLs. In short, the World Wide Web is one of the services provided by the Internet. Other services over the Internet include e-mail, chat and file transfer services. All of these services can be provided to consumers for use by businesses or government or by individuals creating their own networks or platforms.
THE WORLD WIDE WEB AS A DOMAIN ON THE INTERNET
According to Jain (2015) The World Wide Web, or simply Web, is a way of accessing information over the medium of the Internet. It is an information- sharing model that is built on top of the Internet. The Web uses the HTTP protocol, only one of the languages spoken over the Internet, to transmit data. Web services, which use HTTP to allow applications to communicate in order to exchange business logic, use the Web to share information.
The Web also utilizes browsers, such as Internet Explorer or Firefox, to access Web documents called Web pages that are linked to each other via hyperlinks. Web documents also contain graphics, sounds, text and video.
The Web is just one of the ways that information can be disseminated over the Internet. The Internet, not the Web, is also used for e-mail, which relies on SMTP, Usenet news groups, instant messaging and FTP. So the Web is just a portion of the Internet, albeit a large portion, but the two terms are not synonymous and should not be confused.
THE INTERNET AND THE WORLD WIDE WEB FROM HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
The first workable prototype of the Internet came in the late 1960s with the creation of ARPANET, or the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. Originally funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, ARPANET used packet switching to allow multiple computers to communicate on a single network. The technology continued to grow in the 1970s after scientists Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf developed Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol, or TCP/IP, a communications model that set standards for how data could be transmitted between multiple networks. ARPANET adopted TCP/IP on January 1, 1983, and from there researchers began to assemble the network of networks that became the modern Internet.
Andrews (2013) noted that, the online world then took on a more recognizable form in 1990, when computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. While its often confused with the Internet itself, the web is actually just the most common means of accessing data online in the form of websites and hyperlinks. The web helped popularize the Internet among the public, and served as a crucial step in developing the vast trove of information that most of us now access on a daily basis.
According Cornners (2019) The world wide web, or WWW, was created as a method to navigate the now extensive system of connected computers. Tim Berners- Lee, a contractor with the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), developed a rudimentary hypertext program called ENQUIRE. The program was designed to make information readily available to users, and to allow a user to explore relationships between different pages (i.e., clicking to get to a different section of a website).
By 1990, with the help of Robert Cailliau, Berners-Lee developed the skeletal outline of the internet, including a web browser and web server. Unfortunately, the world wasnt ready for his ideas. The web was still a series of simple text pages, difficult to navigate, and inaccessible to most people. But all that changed in 1993, with the release of the Mosaic web browser, which allowed users to explore multimedia online. 1993 also saw the introduction of the first modern search engines.
CONCLUSION
From the foregoing, there are a lot of factors that differentiate the Internet and the World Wide Web. Starting from their origin, the Internet came into being with about three decades before the emergence of the World Wide Web. One is dependent on the other to function and remain relevant. The internet being an interconnections of computer networks, is the domain or environment where the World Wide Web operates. One cannot surf online and access information and data on World Wide Web without having access to the Internet. It is safe to say that the internet is the gateway or path, through which the World Wide Web can be accessed.

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Shubahm Jain (2015). What is the internet? What is the web? Retrieved July 7, 2019. From https://www.quora.com/what-is-the-difference-between-the-world-wide-web-and-the-internet