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Chapter 9: The Widest Area Network: The Global Internet Outline:

Chapter Overview |
9.1 | The Evolution of the Internet

9.1.1 | The development of the backbone
9.1.2 | The Internet2 project

9.2 | The Components of the Internet

9.2.1 | The local computer or LAN
9.2.2 | The ISP
9.2.3 | The regional network
9.2.4 | NAPs
9.2.5 | MAEs

9.3 | What the Internet Does

9.3.1 | The world wide web
9.3.2 | E-mail and mailing lists
9.3.3 | Newsgroups
9.3.4 | File transfer
9.3.5 | Telnet
9.3.6 | Streaming media
9.3.7 | Live chat
9.3.8 | Audio/Videoconferencing
9.3.9 | Internet telephony
9.3.10 | Virtual private networking

9.4 | TCP/IP Routing and the Internet

9.4.1 | How IP routing works
9.4.2 | An example of a simple routed network
9.4.3 | Types of routing interfaces
9.4.4 | Static versus dynamic routing
9.4.5 | Distance-vector versus link-state protocols
9.4.6 | Common routing protocols

9.5 | Who Runs the Internet?

9.5.1 | ISOC
9.5.2 | IAB
9.5.3 | IETF
9.5.4 | IESG
9.5.5 | IANA/ICANN
9.5.6 | W3C

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