The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected
computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to
communicate between networks and devices. It is a network of networks that
consists of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of
local to global scope, linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and
optical networking technologies. The Internet carries a vast range of
information resources and services, such as the interlinked hypertext
documents and applications of the World Wide Web (WWW), electronic mail,
internet telephony, streaming media and file sharing.