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booting When you boot a football, you kick it really far. When you boot a computer, you simply turn it on. Kicking your computer really far is not recommended, though you may be tempted to do so at times. The term "boot" comes from the word "bootstraps," which people at one time used to get their boots on. Likewise, "booting" a computer gets it up and running. In simple terms, to boot a computer is to turn it on. Once the computer's power is turned on, the "boot process" takes place. This process involves loading the startup instructions from the computer's ROM, followed by loading the operating system from the current boot disk. The boot disk is usually an internal hard drive, but can also be an external drive, a CD or DVD-ROM, or even a floppy disk. Once the operating system software is loaded, the boot process is complete and the computer is ready to be used.

UNIT-5 What is the Internet? The Internet, in simplest terms, is the large group of millions of computers around the world that are all connected to one another. These computers are connected by phone lines, fiber optic lines, coaxial cable, satellites, and wireless connections. When you log on to the Internet you are given access to many of the other computers that are connected around the world. Today you can even get a wireless connection to the Internet with a handheld PC or notebook computer. Once you are connected to the Internet you are able to do many things. You can send and receive e-mail. You can chat with text or voice. You can browse the World Wide Web. And you can perform countless other tasks with the appropriate software

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A computer network, or simply a network, is a collection of computersand other hardware interconnected by [1] communication channels that allow sharing of resources and information. Where at least one process in one device is able to send/receive data to/from at least one process residing in a remote device, then the two devices are said to be in a network. A network is a group of devices connected to each other. Networks may be classified into a wide variety of characteristics, such as the medium used to transport the data, communications protocolused, scale, topology, benefit, and organation scope

What is Network of Networks?

The Network of Networks (NNs) is a free search tool that can help you discover the academic programs and networks among institutions, especially in the sustainability field.

Whats happening in the network of networks? We are now working on: Creating a forum for issue networks (groups of organisations that work on similar issues such as climate change, womens rights or internet governance) to come together to share their analysis, expertise and networks towards developing a joint strategy to increase the influence of global civil society in internet public policy. Mapping the issues, existing networks and the policy spaces where they all come together (e.g. networks concerned with the technical side of managing the internet, privacy and freedom of expression on the internet and those advocating for internet-access-for-all come together in the Internet Governance Forum). Producing case studies on collaborative advocacy by global civil society in policy spaces around a set of priority issues such as participation in public policy processes, the Development Agenda at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), privacy rights in the IGF, open standards development in the International Standards Organisation process, and transparency and accountability in both publicly and privately-controlled internet governance mechanisms. Supporting participating civil society issue networks to deepen their understanding of where power is concentrated and dispersed in relation to public policy issues, and where strategic interventions might be most effective. Building networking and collaboration among some of the worlds leading thinkers and activists in internet governance and rights. Amplifying the influence that global civil society has already visible in spaces like the IGF andWIPO on global public policy that shapes how the internet develops, and how people are able to use it with openness and freedom and diversity

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Definition: A search engine is a web site that collects and organizes content from all over the internet. Those wishing to locate something would enter a query about what they'd like to find and the engine provides links to content that matches what they want. As regards real estate, millions of searches are done each day on mulitple search engines for search queries like "Atlanta real estate", or "atlanta ga real estate". The search engine returns results for real estate related sites and content for the Atlanta, GA area in this case. The sites are ranked by highly secret and complex formulas

www
Stands for "World Wide Web." It is important to know that this is not a synonym for the Internet. The World Wide Web, or just "the Web," as ordinary people call it, is a subset of the Internet. The Web consists of pages that can be accessed using a Web browser. The Internet is the actual network of networks where all the information resides. Things like Telnet, FTP, Internet gaming, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), and email are all part of the Internet, but are not part of the World Wide Web. The HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is the method used to transfer Web pages to your computer. With hypertext, a word or phrase can contain a link to another Web site. All Web pages are written in the hyper-text markup language (HTML), which works in conjunction with HTTP.

email
Messages and other data exchanged between individuals using COMPUTERs in a network. An e-mail system allows computer users to send text, graphics, and sometimes sounds and animated images to other users. It developed from large organizations using an internal messaging system as a communication link among employees. The mass provision of e-mail addresses for private individuals by INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERs led to the development of e-mail as a system to supplement or replace communication by letter