The term WORLDWIDE COMPUTER NETWORK can be summed up as the INTERNET, an 8 letter word. The INTERNET is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the INTERNET Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) to link billions of devices worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks, of local to global scope, that are linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologies. The INTERNET carries an extensive range of information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web (WWW) and the infrastructure to support email.