What is the Internet – 20 Questions / 20 Answers

The Internet!

A giant colourful world inside which all is moving and…

Okay, but how does it work?

What's a „Backbone”? Are Cookies dangerous? Is there any difference between ActiveX and Java? What is an Intranet? Is the Internet safe? How does email work?…

The Internet is a dynamic tool, and in the very moment you are reading another new 20 questions have cropped up.

Here, so at least the Top-20 of the FAQs:

1.	What is the Internet?	11.	What are Java and ActiveX?
2.	How does the Net work?	12.	What's an Intranet?
3.	What is the Web?	13.	How does email work?
4.	How does the Web work?	14.	What are newsgroups?
5.	Who started the Net?	15.	What's all the fuss about "push"?
6.	Who controls the Net?	16.	How do I make a Webpage?
7.	Online-Services?	17.	How do I talk to people on the Net?
8.	Why is the Web so slow?	18.	How else can I use the net?
9.	Is the Internet safe?	19.	Will the Web become more like TV?
10.	What is a search engine?	20.	How can I learn more?