Tour de France History. The idea of the Tour de France was borne of conflict, passion and rage in the early 1900s and has a chequered history. At the time there were was one main sporting newspaper â LâAuto VÃ©lo.
The Internet, sometimes called simply the Net, is a worldwide system of computer networks - a network of networks in which users at any one computer can, if they have permission, get information from any other computer (and sometimes talk directly to users at other computers).
Related Terms. 1. Computers: A group of interconnected (via cable and/or wireless) computers and peripherals that is capable of sharing software and hardware resources between many users. The Internet is a global network of networks. See also local area network and wide area network. 2. Communications: A system that enables users of telephones or data communications lines to exchange information over long distances by connecting with each other through a system of routers, servers, switches, and the like.