, accessible to othersthrough telephone lines and other communication channels "that" make up what is knownas cyberspace." The same author went on to say " term itself is elusive, since it is not somuch a physical entity as a description of an intangible."The complexity of the Internet is demonstrated through its many components. Themost readily identifiable part is the World Wide Web (WWW). This consists of web pagesthat can be accessed through the use of a web browser. Web pages are created using abasic programming language. Another easily identified section of the Internet is e-mail. Once again it is a relatively user-friendly communication device. Some other lesspublicized sections of the Internet include: Internet Relay Chat (IRC), which allows realtime chatting to occur among thousands of people, Gopher, which works similarly to theWWW but for a more academic purpose, and File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Which allowsthe transfer of files from one computer to another. Another service that is not Internet butis carried along with it in many instances is Usenet or News. In Usenet there are manynewsgroups which center their conversations on varied topics. For example,rec.music.beatles would focus the discussion on the Beetles. This would be done throughposts or articles, almost like letters sent into a large pot where everyone can read andreply. Many controversial newsgroups exist and they are created easily. It is possible totransfer obscene and pornographic material through these newsgroups. There is noaccurate way to determine how many people are connected to the Internet because thenumber grows so rapidly everyday. Figures become obsolete before they can bepublished. "[The Internet] started as a military strategy and, over thirty years later, hasevolved into the massive networking of over 3 million computers worldwide". One of themost prominent features of the young Internet was it had freedom. It is " a rate example...
