Week 12: Clear on the Internet

This week's lesson covered one of the most important aspects of today's society: the Internet. Today's generation not only uses the internet ubiquitously, but many people depend on it to function. I, for one, know that this is true for myself. The Internet is no longer just a source for one use or another, but rather it has become a necessity. My favorite part of this lesson were the categories of network use. You can use the Internet for interactions between a person and remote database information, person-to-person, e-commerce, entertainment, and like I previously stated, ubiquitous computing.


Moreover, the internet (with a lowercase I) and the Internet (with an uppercase I) are not the same thing. The Internet refers to the global internet that we use everyday whereas the internet refers to any internet system on any layer. No one owner owns the Internet even though people own parts of it. It's amazing to think that massive, global conceptual network of systems that basically controls peoples' lives is not owned by one person, but rather it stands on its own. The internet is astounding!

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