Internet and Cloud Services

Internet and cloud Services

Internet 

It’s a globally connected network system that uses a protocol (TCP/IP) to transmit data via various types of media.

It refers to the global communications, including hardware and infrastructure.

Browser

It’s a software program that allows a user to locate, access and display web pages. They’re used primarily for displaying and accessing websites on the internet, as well as other content created using languages like HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) and XML (Extensive Markup Language) 

Examples: Firefox, Chrome, Puffin, Safari, Internet Explorer

Search engine

It’s a service that allows internet users to search for content via the World Wide Web.

A user enters keywords or key phrases into a search engine and receives a list of Web Content results in the form of websites, images, videos or other online data.

Examples: Yahoo, Google, Bing, Ask, AOL

Cloud Service 

It provides many IT services traditionally hosted in houses such as provisioning an application/database server from the cloud replacing in-house storage.

Examples: iCloud, Dropbox, Box, Mega, Google Drive