Internet Basics www.rclreads.org New Brighton Library 400 10th Street NW Maplewood Library New Brighton, MN 55112 Shoreview Library 3025 Southlawn Drive 651-724-6002 4570 N. Victoria Street Maplewood, MN 55109 Shoreview, MN 55126 651-704-6003 North St. Paul Library 651-724-6006 2300 North St. Paul Drive Mounds View Library North St. Paul, MN 55109 White Bear Lake Library 2576 County Road 10 651-724-6005 4698 Clark Avenue Mounds View, MN 55112 White Bear Lake, MN 55110 651-724-6004 Roseville Library 651-724-6007 2180 N. Hamline Avenue Roseville, MN 55113 651-724-6001 Internet Basics What is the Internet? The word stands for Interconnected Network of computers. The Internet is a “Internet” worldwide interconnection of many different computers and networks. The Internet allows to efficiently share information, programs and equipment and to communicate with each other. The Internet was originally developed by the Department of Defense and the National Science Foundation. The World Wide Web (www or Web”) is a component of the Internet. It was “the developed in 1989 at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) by Tim Berners-Lee, a software engineer attempting to make it easier for scientists around the
Internet Basics www.rclreads.org Maplewood Library 3025 Southlawn Drive Maplewood, MN 55109 651-704-6003 Mounds View Library 2576 County Road 10 Mounds View, MN 55112 651-724-6004 New Brighton Library 400 10th Street NW New Brighton, MN 55112 651-724-6002 North St. Paul Library 2300 North St. Paul Drive North St. Paul, MN 55109 651-724-6005 Roseville Library 2180 N. Hamline Avenue Roseville, MN 55113 651-724-6001 Shoreview Library 4570 N. Victoria Street Shoreview, MN 55126 651-724-6006 White Bear Lake Library 4698 Clark Avenue White Bear Lake, MN 55110 651-724-6007 Internet Basics What is the Internet? The word “Internet” stands for Interconnected Network of computers. The Internet is a worldwide interconnection of many different computers and networks. The Internet allows to efficiently share information, programs and equipment and to communicate with each other. The Internet was originally developed by the Department of Defense and the National Science Foundation. The World Wide Web (www or “the Web”) is a component of the Internet. It was developed in 1989 at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) by Tim Berners-Lee, a software engineer attempting to make it easier for scientists around the
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