Literally, the internet (the abbreviation than words 'inter-network') was the series of the computer that berhubung penetrated several series.

Whenever the Internet (the 'I' letter big) was the system of the public's computer, that berhubung globally and used TCP/IP as exchange protocol of the package (packet switching communication protocol).

The series of the biggest internet was named the Internet.

The method connected the series with these rules was named internetworking.

The Internet emergence

The series of the centre that formed the Internet was preceeded during 1969 as ARPANET, that was built by ARPA (United States Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency).

Some preliminary investigation that was contributed by ARPANET including the rules of the series without-centre (decentralised network), the theory queueing, and the rules of the exchange of the package (packet switching).

On January 01 1983, ARPANET exchanged series protocol of his centre, from NCP to TCP/IP. Ini was the beginning of the Internet that is known by us today.

In around the 1990 's, the Internet developed and put most users of networks of the available computer through.

The internet at this time

The internet was guarded by the agreement bi- or multilateral and the specification teknikal (protocol that explained about the move of the data between the series).

These protocols were formed was based on Engineering Task Force Internet discussions (IETF), that was open to the public.

This body issued the document that was known as RFC (Request for Comments).

Some of the RFC was made the Standard of the Internet (the Standard Internet), by the Arsitektur Internet Body (the Architecture Board Internet - IAB).

Internet protocols that often were used were like, IP, TCP, UDP, DNS, PPP, SLIP, ICMP, POP3, IMAP, SMTP, HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, Telnet, FTP, LDAP, and SSL.

Several popular services in the internet that used protocol above, was the email/surat elektronik, Usenet, Newsgroup, the consortium file (File Sharing), WWW (World Wide Web), Gopher, session access (Session Access), WAIS, finger, IRC, MUD, and MUSH. Di Antara all this, the email/surat elektronik and World Wide Web more often was used, and more services that were developed were based on him, like milis (Mailing List) and Weblog.

The internet enabled the existence of the latest service (Real-time service), like web radio, and webcast, that could be accessed all over the world.

Moreover through the internet was enabled to berkonikasi directly between two users or more through the program the sender the instant message like Camfrog, Pidgin (Gaim), Trilian, Kopete, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger.

Several popular Internet services that were based on the system were closed (Proprietary System), was like IRC, ICQ, AIM, CDDB, and Gnutella.

Secara harfiah, internet (kependekan daripada perkataan 'inter-network') ialah rangkaian komputer yang saling terhubung menerusi beberapa rangkaian. Manakala Internet (huruf 'I' besar) ialah sistem komputer umum, yang berhubung secara global dan menggunakan TCP/IP sebagai protokol pertukaran paket (packet switching communication protocol). Rangkaian internet yang terbesar dinamakan Internet. Cara menghubungkan rangkaian dengan kaedah ini dinamakan internetworking.

Rangkaian pusat yang membentuk Internet diawali pada tahun 1969 sebagai ARPANET, yang dibangun oleh ARPA (United States Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency). Beberapa penyelidikan awal yang disumbang oleh ARPANET termasuk kaedah rangkaian tanpa-pusat (decentralised network), teori queueing, dan kaedah pertukaran paket (packet switching).

Pada 01 Januari 1983, ARPANET menukar protokol rangkaian pusatnya, dari NCP ke TCP/IP. Ini merupakan awal dari Internet yang kita kenal hari ini.

Pada sekitar 1990-an, Internet telah berkembang dan menyambungkan kebanyakan pengguna jaringan-jaringan komputer yang ada.

Internet dijaga oleh perjanjian bi- atau multilateral dan spesifikasi teknikal (protokol yang menerangkan tentang perpindahan data antara rangkaian). Protokol-protokol ini dibentuk berdasarkan perbincangan Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), yang terbuka kepada umum. Badan ini mengeluarkan dokumen yang dikenali sebagai RFC (Request for Comments). Sebagian dari RFC dijadikan Standar Internet (Internet Standard), oleh Badan Arsitektur Internet (Internet Architecture Board - IAB). Protokol-protokol internet yang sering digunakan adalah seperti, IP, TCP, UDP, DNS, PPP, SLIP, ICMP, POP3, IMAP, SMTP, HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, Telnet, FTP, LDAP, dan SSL.

Beberapa layanan populer di internet yang menggunakan protokol di atas, ialah email/surat_elektronik, Usenet, Newsgroup, perkongsian file (File Sharing), WWW (World Wide Web), Gopher, akses sesi (Session Access), WAIS, finger, IRC, MUD, dan MUSH. Di antara semua ini, email/surat_elektronik dan World Wide Web lebih kerap digunakan, dan lebih banyak servis yang dibangun berdasarkannya, seperti milis (Mailing List) dan Weblog. Internet memungkinkan adanya servis terkini (Real-time service), seperti web radio, dan webcast, yang dapat diakses di seluruh dunia. Selain itu melalui internet dimungkinkan untuk berkonikasi secara langsung antara dua pengguna atau lebih melalui program pengirim pesan instan seperti Camfrog, Pidgin (Gaim), Trilian, Kopete, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger dan Windows Live Messenger.

Beberapa servis Internet populer yang berdasarkan sistem Tertutup(?)(Proprietary System), adalah seperti IRC, ICQ, AIM, CDDB, dan Gnutella.