This develops and promotes voluntary Internet standards and protocols, in particular the standards that comprise the Internet protocol suite.

The principal that all Internet traffic should be treated equally by Internet Service Providers.

Small chunks of information that have been carefully formed from larger chunks of information.

A number assigned to any item that is connected to the Internet.

Provides reliable, ordered, and error-checked delivery of a stream of packets on the Internet.

This service translates URLs to IP addresses.

This service translates URLs to IP addresses.

The protocol used for transmitting web pages over the Internet.

An easy to remember address for calling a web page.

A type of computer that forwards data across a network.

To have multiple backups to ensure reliability during cases of high usage or failure.

Provides the unique, numerical IP addresses necessary for Internet-enabled devices to communicate.

The control or suppression of what can be accessed, published, or viewed on the Internet enacted by regulators, or on their own initiative.

A group of computers and servers that are connected to each other.

The most basic building block of the Web. It defines the meaning and structure of web content.

A variant of the standard web transfer protocol that adds a layer of security on the data in transit through a secure socket layer (SSL) or transport layer security (TLS) protocol connection.

A computer that awaits and responds to requests for data.

A computer that requests data that is stored on a server.