Objectives

After you read this chapter you should be able to:

• Explain how and why the Internet was created
• Describe the technology that’s at the heart of the Internet
• Describe the technology that makes the Web work as a multimedia mass medium
• Discuss the tools people use to build Web sites
• Discuss the trends that are changing the Internet and the way people use it
• Discuss some of the most important social and political issues raised by the growth of the Internet
• Describe various ways that governments restrict access to the Internet