http://www.nlm.nih.gov/LECTURES.dir/internet_course.dir/what_is_internet.html (Einblicke ins Internet, 10/1995)
What is the Internet?
Collection of packet-switched networks
- Shared name and address space (Domain Name Service, or DNS)
- Most sharing a common protocol: TCP/IP (excludes BITNET, other networks)
- Evolved hand-in-hand with UNIX, but does not require UNIX
R. P. C. Rodgers, Lister Hill Center, NLM (May 1994)