GROWTH OF THE INTERNET AND THE WEB

The technology juggernaut behind e-commerce is the internet and the World Wide Web. The internet is a worldwide network of computer networks built on common standards. The internet links businesses, educational institutions, government agencies, and individuals together, and provides users with services sucs as e-mail, document transfer, newsgroups, shopping, research, instant messaging, music, videos, and news. The web provides access to an estimated 6 billion pages or documents created in a language called HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language). These HTML pages contain information, including text, graphics, animations, and other objects, made available for public use.