get itself a real host name. Some parts of the Internet have rules of conduct. The strictest rules are for the NSFNET, which does not allow any commercial use. In late 1993, most educational places in the United States were attached directly to the NSFNET, but then they moved to commercial networks. What the Internet does, is transmit data from one computer to another. Each time a host wants to send a message to another host, either the receiver is on a network where the first host is directly connected (then the message will be sent directly). Otherwise the sender would send the message to a host that can forward it. The forwarding host delivers the message directly or they can pass it to another host. Usually messages are sent to more than a dozen forwarders on its way from one part of the Net to another. To transfer a file from one computer to another the file transfer is enabled. There are two different kinds of programs available for this feature. They are: FTP and RCP. File Transfer Protocol (FTP) originated in 1971. The Internet designers decided on a protocol to copy files from one place to another on the net. Many people wrote programs that fulfilled the protocol and called them FTP. Another way is via Remote Copy Protocol (RCP) It is very easy to copy a file from one computer to another. It is done in the following way: Log onto another computer from FTP and tell it what you want to copy and where to copy it to. The Internet has spread to many businesses and family rooms throughout the world. Since computers mainly operate using the English language, the Internet usually does as well. For example, if you browse through a site located in the Netherlands, there will most likely be an option to change between English and Dutch. This is usually the case throughout the world. An example of one of these sites is at http://www.dhp.nl/. This link will take you to the Dutch Home Page. Current events have showed that there are certain g...
