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6	[[Film/TheKidsGuideToTheInternet You're going surfing on the Internet!]]'']]
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12	->''Welcome to the internet, have a look around.\
13	Anything that brain of yours can think of can be found.\
14	We've got mountains of content, some better, some worse.\
15	If none of it's of interest to you, you'd be the first.''
16	-->-- '''Creator/BoBurnham''', "[[Film/BoBurnhamInside Welcome to the Internet]]"
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18	[[SelfDemonstratingArticle The thing you're using right now]].
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20	The Internet is a massive group of interconnected computers world-wide (including yours!) that allows users to send and receive various types of information, usually [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext hypertext]] documents (via '''H'''yper-'''T'''ext '''T'''ransfer '''P'''rotocol) and other files ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_protocol_suite through various TCP/IP protocols]]). This technology has revolutionized all forms of media communication, from newspapers to movies to video-games. It's hard to find a business, industry, or art form without an Internet presence these days. And the Internet is gigantic, at over [[http://www.internetlivestats.com/total-number-of-websites/ 1 billion websites and counting]], meaning [[WikiWalk you can get lost]] on sites like Website/{{Wikipedia}}, Platform/{{Facebook}}, Platform/YouTube, and [[Website/TVTropes TV Tropes]] rather easily. There's also the seedy underbelly of the Internet, UsefulNotes/TheDeepWeb.
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22	Initially conceived (by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Advanced_Research_Projects_Agency DARPA]]) as a way for UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks military]] to connect its distinct computer networks, the Internet was made public in the late [=1980s=]. During the [='90s=], it started becoming mainstream and, by the turn of the millennium, the Internet became a cultural icon, representing a new era of global communication and technological advancement.
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24	On a somewhat pedantic note, the Internet and the World Wide Web are not the same thing. The Internet is a very physical collection of computers, servers, routers, and the thousands of miles of cables and millions of wireless broadcast devices used to connect them all together. The Web is a system of interconnected hypertext documents hosted on countless servers around the world. To put it another way, the Internet connects computers, while the web connects ideas. It's easy to mix the two up, though, as the web accounts for the vast, vast majority of the traffic on the Internet, and most protocols that existed before the web, such as email and file transfer protocol, are now more often than not controlled through a web interface.
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26	In the United States, nearly all consumers access the Internet through one of several major Internet Service Providers. These [=ISPs=] charge a monthly fee for a prescribed level of access, called bandwidth, with rates that vary from state-to-state. Outside of the United States, private companies still control most access to the Internet, but some countries have mandated free, public Internet access for use by the general population.
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28	See also: NewMediaTropes and [[{{TropeNamers.Internet}} Trope Namers]].
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30	!!Tropes about the Internet:
31	[floatboxright:
32	'''Types of websites and online content:'''
33	+ {{Blog}}s
34	+ {{For\|a}}ums
35	+ {{Friending Network}}s
36	+ OnlineGames
37	+ {{Web Original}}s
38	+ OtherSites
39	]
40	* AcquaintedInRealLife
41	* TheAlternet
42	* {{Cyberspace}}
43	* CapsLock
44	* ClickbaitGag
45	* ContentLeak
46	* DatingServiceDisaster
47	* DigitalHorror
48	* DigitalPiracyIsEvil
49	* DigitalPiracyIsOkay
50	* EmbarrassingBrowserHistory
51	* EngineeredHashtag
52	* ETGaveUsWiFi
53	* EverythingIsOnline
54	* FauxComputerCode
55	* FictionalSocialNetwork
56	* FlameWar
57	* GodwinsLaw
58	* GooglingTheNewAcquaintance
59	* HackTheTrafficLights
60	* HashtagForLaughs
61	* HotlinkedImageSwitch
62	* InCharacterLetsPlay
63	* InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube
64	* InstantWebHit
65	* InternetAds
66	* InternetBackdraft
67	* InternetCounterattack
68	* InternetIncorporated
69	* TheInternetIsAnOcean: Cyberspace is portrayed like it's an ocean.
70	* TheInternetIsForCats
71	* TheInternetIsForPorn
72	* InternetJerk
73	* InternetMimic: Someone online who mimics the talking/typing style of a celebrity.
74	* InternetSafetyAesop
75	* InternetStalking
76	* ItsASmallNetAfterAll
77	* LoggingOntoTheFourthWall
78	* TheMetaverse
79	* MurderDotCom
80	* NewMediaAreEvil
81	* OldMediaPlayingCatchUp: Releasing outside the net takes longer.
82	* RulesOfTheInternet
83	** RuleThirtyFour
84	** RuleThirtyFourCreatorReactions
85	* SarcasmMode
86	* SchoolGradeHacking
87	* SelfieFiend
88	* ShallowNewsSiteSatire
89	* SlowLoadingInternetImage
90	* SocialMediaIsBad
91	* SocialMediaBeforeReason
92	* TemporaryOnlineContent
93	* ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet
94	* UnfortunateSearchResults
95	* ViralMarketing
96	* VirtualYouTuber
97	* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection
98	* TheWebAlwaysExisted
99	* WebFirst
100	* WeirdlyUnderpoweredAdmins
101	* TheWikiRule
102	[[/index]]

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