homework/computer?

The Internet is a combination of Hardware and Software

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<NoNeedToKnowMyName> wrote in message news:20091817429yodude@yahoo.com...

> The difference between software and hardware is that hardware is the
> physical piece of equipment sitting on the desk that you can see, feel and
> touch. Software is the computer program that operates on the hardware. For
> instance, the monitor is the hardware, but the Internet is the software
> that you see displayed on the monitor.
>
> EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/default.aspx?ref=ng

NoNeedToKnowMyName wrote:

> The difference between software and hardware is that hardware is the
> physical piece of equipment sitting on the desk that you can see, feel and
> touch. Software is the computer program that operates on the hardware. For
> instance, the monitor is the hardware, but the Internet is the software
> that you see displayed on the monitor.
>
> EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/default.aspx?ref=ng

It is really questionable whether anyone using EggHeadCafe is qualified to
give any information at all about computer-related things, but:

Thanks for the information, but no one knows to whom you are giving this
information since you are not posting on a real forum as you think you are
and you didn't quote any of the thread to which you are replying. You are
using a web interface that leeches Usenet posts and most of the rest of us
are using real newsreaders. We don't see what you do. If you want to
participate in Usenet, the better way is to set up a newsreader. This is
very easy to do and I'll give you information about that below. If you
prefer to use a forum, then here are two excellent ones:

http://forum.aumha.org/index.php
http://http://computerhaven.info/

Since you are using a web interface, you may not realize that this is really
a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you learn to use
a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for Windows, but you can use
Outlook Express (XP) or Windows Mail (Vista) since you already have it.
Here are some links to information about newsgroups:

About Usenet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ - Usenet FAQs from the Internet FAQ Archives
http://www.usenetmonster.com/infocenter/
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet - a brief explanation
of newsgroups

Outlook Express/Windows Mail as Newsreader:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outloo...snewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm
http://vistasupport.mvps.org/accessi...ndows_mail.htm

How to Post:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question
http://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.htm - How Not to Get Technical Help on
Usenet
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working
properly
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/munad.htm - how to munge email address
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting - crossposting
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting

Other Newsreaders for Windows:
http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php - Forte
http://www.mozilla.org - Thunderbird

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

NoNeedToKnowMyName wrote:

> The difference between software and hardware is that hardware is the
> physical piece of equipment sitting on the desk that you can see,
> feel and touch. Software is the computer program that operates on the
> hardware. For instance, the monitor is the hardware, but the Internet
> is the software that you see displayed on the monitor.
>
> EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/default.aspx?ref=ng

Simple answer is the Internet is the media. The result of the hardware and
software.

Smith wrote:

> Simple answer is the Internet is the media. The result of the hardware and
> software.

You're wrong too.
Media are the storage used to store and deliver information or data.
Singular is medium, as a diskette, CD, DVD, HD and so on.

Roger wrote:

> Smith wrote:

>> Simple answer is the Internet is the media. The result of the
>> hardware and software.

> You're wrong too.
> Media are the storage used to store and deliver information or data.
> Singular is medium, as a diskette, CD, DVD, HD and so on.

By definition the Internet "stores" unless you can provide a cite to assert
your interpretation that I am wrong. Something stored on the Internet may
indeed outlast all other methods.

Not very likely. I can find any number of "Dead"
links. Google the title of the article the dead link points
to and all you get is the dead link.

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"Smith" <Smith@unlisted.not> wrote in message
news:OnEEFdxcJHA.572@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>
>
> Roger wrote:

>> Smith wrote:

>>> Simple answer is the Internet is the media. The result of the
>>> hardware and software.

>> You're wrong too.
>> Media are the storage used to store and deliver information or data.
>> Singular is medium, as a diskette, CD, DVD, HD and so on.

>
> By definition the Internet "stores" unless you can provide a cite to
> assert your interpretation that I am wrong. Something stored on the
> Internet may indeed outlast all other methods.
>

In article <OnEEFdxcJHA.572@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, Smith@unlisted.not
says...

>
>
> Roger wrote:

> > Smith wrote:

> >> Simple answer is the Internet is the media. The result of the
> >> hardware and software.

> > You're wrong too.
> > Media are the storage used to store and deliver information or data.
> > Singular is medium, as a diskette, CD, DVD, HD and so on.

>
> By definition the Internet "stores" unless you can provide a cite to assert
> your interpretation that I am wrong. Something stored on the Internet may
> indeed outlast all other methods.

You're wrong, the "Internet" as designed, does not store anything. The
internet provides redundant paths between points.

Web Servers, which are not the internet, store items on media. FTP, and
other media servers also STORE, but they are not the internet, they are
devices that exist as end-points on the interNET.

The internet is, in a simplistic description the same as the network in
your home, it offers PATHS between points. Even DNS is not the
"Internet", it's a media that your programs that access the internet
structure use to find points by name instead of their address.

If you wan to look at it like a DVD Movie player - the Internet is the
electronics in the dvd player and video device, the Movie is the media,
the player itself is the web/ftp server, the video device is your
computer.

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Leythos wrote:

> In article <OnEEFdxcJHA.572@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, Smith@unlisted.not
> says...

>>
>>
>> Roger wrote:

>>> Smith wrote:
>>>> Simple answer is the Internet is the media. The result of the
>>>> hardware and software.
>>> You're wrong too.
>>> Media are the storage used to store and deliver information or data.
>>> Singular is medium, as a diskette, CD, DVD, HD and so on.

>>
>> By definition the Internet "stores" unless you can provide a cite to
>> assert your interpretation that I am wrong. Something stored on the
>> Internet may indeed outlast all other methods.

>
> You're wrong, the "Internet" as designed, does not store anything. The
> internet provides redundant paths between points.

By your interpretation memory does not store data because it needs to be
work in conjunction with the rest of the circuit.

You have no argument. Get over it.

>
> Web Servers, which are not the internet, store items on media. FTP,
> and other media servers also STORE, but they are not the internet,
> they are devices that exist as end-points on the interNET.
>
> The internet is, in a simplistic description the same as the network
> in your home, it offers PATHS between points. Even DNS is not the
> "Internet", it's a media that your programs that access the internet
> structure use to find points by name instead of their address.
>
> If you wan to look at it like a DVD Movie player - the Internet is the
> electronics in the dvd player and video device, the Movie is the
> media, the player itself is the web/ftp server, the video device is
> your computer.