About the Internet
The Internet is the interconnection of millions of computers throughout the world. It is comprised of the computers and the connections that make it possible for any computer on the Internet to communicate with any other computer on the Internet.
The Internet is analogous to a system of roads and highways. The superhighways of the Internet, called the Internet backbone, carry large amounts of information over long distances. There are interchanges on the backbone, called network access points (NAPs) and metropolitan area
