Internet Language

The computers using the World Wide Web need to be able to communicate with each other through a standardized computer language. For this reason, the technology called hypertext was developed, and is the language of most internet communications. It works in conjunction with hypermedia, which is a language for media rather than text documents. The Web is not the Internet, but a subset of documents on the Internet.

Hypertext documents use a reference, or link, to another document also in hypertext, that is located either on the same computer or on another computer anywhere in the world. Hypermedia works in a similar fashion, except that it not only links text files, but also graphic files, and sound and video files.

For this all to work, users alike gamers who play Farmerama accept standards known as protocol, to determine the way that data get transmitted. The data then subscribes to HyperText Transfer Protocol (http) and if a computer user wants to access those documents, they need to use a browser program to find the documents and read them.

The use of this language has allowed browsing by using keywords to find URLs of interest on a particular topic. It has allowed e-commerce to flourish, and advertising links to blossom and the ability to quick link with topics of interest is a major plus for those conducting research. It has also enabled users to have their own websites, webpages, blogs, and to participate in larger websites such as Facebook or MySpace, and Twitter.

There are other communication protocols used on the Internet, but these are probably the most prevalent. The use of the Internet has also added many terms to the common dictionary, such as geek speak, blogging, google, and others.