Popular Internet Protocols, Services, and Internet Specifications can be located at:
 | TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol - A Tutorial |
| HTTP - how the web works |
| HTML - the language of the web. |
| XML -- XML in 10 Points - the future of the Web! |
| CGI -- Common Gateway Interface - connecting to the back-end - applications and databases. |
| E-Mail Server - handles e-mail transactions between clients and the Internet. Examples include EMWAC, NTMail, Microsoft Exchange, Lotus. |
| Proxy Server - use a single computer to connect to the Internet and have multiple computers connected via "proxies" allowing all to access the Internet via a single IP address. Examples include WinGate, and WinProxy. |
Key web sites that define how the Internet operates...
| internic.net - Internet, domain assignments/management |
| www.isoc.org - Internet society |
| www.ietf.org - Internet engineering task force |
| www.iab.org - Internet Architecture Board (IAB) is a technical advisory group of the Internet Society |
| www.netscape.com - Netscape browser |
| www.microsoft.com/ie - Microsoft Internet Explorer browser |