Outline of the Internet

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Internet.

Internet worldwide, publicly accessible network of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet Protocol (IP). It is a "network of networks" that consists of millions of interconnected smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks, which together carry various information and services, such as electronic mail, online chat, file transfer, and the interlinked Web pages and other documents of the World Wide Web.

Internet features

Internet communication technology

Internet infrastructure

Internet communication protocols

Internet Protocol Suite

Link Layer

Internet Layer

Internet Layer

Transport Layer

Transport Layer

Application Layer

Application Layer

History of the Internet

History of the Internet
The internet wasn't invented but continually developed by internet pioneers.

Internet usage

Internet politics

  • Internet privacy a subset of data privacy concerning the right to privacy from third parties including corporations and governments on the Internet.
  • Censorship the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information, on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, politically incorrect or "inconvenient" as determined by government authorities or by community consensus.
  • Internet law law governing the Internet, including dissemination of information and software, information security, electronic commerce, intellectual property in computing, privacy, and freedom of expression.

Internet organizations

  • Domain name registry or Network Information Center (NIC) a database of all domain names and the associated registrant information in the top level domains of the Domain Name System of the Internet that allow third party entities to request administrative control of a domain name.
    • Private sub-domain registry an NIC which allocates domain names in a subset of the Domain Name System under a domain registered with an ICANN-accredited or ccTLD registry.
  • Internet Society (ISOC) an American non-profit organization founded in 1992 to provide leadership in Internet-related standards, education, access, and policy.
  • InterNIC (historical) the organization primarily responsible for Domain Name System (DNS) domain name allocations until 2011 when it was replaced by ICANN.
  • Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) a nonprofit organization responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of several databases related to the namespaces of the Internet, ensuring the network's stable and secure operation.
  • Internet Activities Board (IAB)

Non-profit Internet organizations

Commercial Internet organizations

  • Amazon.com
  • ANS CO+RE (historical)
  • Google an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware.

Cultural and societal implications of the Internet

  • Sociology the scientific study of society, including patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and culture.
    • Sociology of the Internet the application of sociological theory and methods to the Internet, including analysis of online communities, virtual worlds, and organizational and social change catalyzed through the Internet.
    • Digital sociology a sub-discipline of sociology that focuses on understanding the use of digital media as part of everyday life, and how these various technologies contribute to patterns of human behavior, social relationships and concepts of the self.
  • Internet culture
  • List of web awards

Underlying technology

See also

[[Category:Internet-related lists|

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