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ALSO CALLED: Global Internet, Internet Systems
DEFINITION: The Internet, sometimes called simply"the Net," is a worldwide system of computer networks - a network of networks in which users at any one computer can, if they have permission, get information from any other computer (and sometimes talk directly to users at other computers). It was conceived by the Advanced Research Projects Agency(ARPA) of the U.S. government in 1969 and was first known as the  … 
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This Month in the Threat Webscape for July 2009
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VIDEO: In this video, learn more about the top techniques for defending your organization from Web threats. Techniques include the monitoring, classification, and identification of all Web content in real time.
Posted: 02 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 02 Sep 2009


Podcast: This Month in the Threat Webscape
sponsored by Websense, Inc.
PODCAST: The Websense Security Labs Team provides a review of the recent July threats. Highlighted are a few examples of high-profile Web sites that were compromised with malicious code.
Posted: 02 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 02 Sep 2009

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INTERNET DEFINITION (continued): …  ARPANet. The original aim was to create a network that would allow users of a research computer at one university to be able to "talk to" research computers at other universities. A side benefit of ARPANet's design was that, because messages could be routed or rerouted in more than one direction, the network could continue to function even if parts of it were destroyed in the event of a military attack or other disaster.Today, the Internet is a public, cooperative, and self-sustainingfacility accessible to hundreds of millions of people worldwide.Physically, the Internet uses a portion of the … 
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