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	THE INTERNET The Internet is the worldwide "network of networks" that links millions of computers together via copper wires, fiber-optic cables, wireless connections, and other telecommunications channels. It is a massive network of networks, a networking infrastructure, forming a network in which any computer can communicate with any other computer as long as they are both connected to the Internet. Information that travels over the Internet does so via a variety of languages known as protocols.This publicly accessible network of interconnected computer networks communicate using a set of protocols and standards, the most basic of which are TCP/IP. TCP/IP consists of the Transmission Control Protocol in conjuntion with the Internet Protocol. Other protocols such as DHCP, DNS, FTP, HTTP, IRC, MIME, POP3, SMTP, SSH, TELNET, RTP and many more help hold the whole thing together. This learning resource will look mostly at the technical aspects of the Internet, but may eventually cover social, economic, historical and other aspects. A popular way to visualize the complexity of the Internet is to see it as a stack of layers known as the OSI model, short for Open Systems Interconnection model. OSI Layers: * Layer 7: Application Layer – the main interface for the user(s) to interact with the application and therefore the network * Layer 6: Presentation Layer – transforms data to provide a standard interface for the Application layer * Layer 5: Session Layer – controls the dialogues (sessions) between computers * Layer 4: Transport Layer – provides transparent transfer of data between end users and machines * Layer 3: Network Layer – provides the functional and procedural means of transferring variable length data sequences from a source to a destination via one or more networks * Layer 2: Data Link Layer – provides the functional and procedural means to transfer data between network entities and to detect and possibly correct errors that may occur in the physical layer * Layer 1: Physical Layer – defines all the electrical and physical specifications for devices and the communications media TRAVEL TO CROATIA Some popular sports in Croatia include football, tennis, basketball, waterpolo and handball. The Croatian national football team finished third in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Davor Šuker won the Golden Boot for top goal scorer. The national basketball team finished third at the 1994 FIBA World Championship, second at the 1992 Summer Olympics and third at EuroBasket 1993 and 1995. Croatian national handball team were World Champions and two time Olympics Winers in 1996. and 2004. Ivano Balic is considered to be the best handball player in the world. The Croatian National Water Polo Team are also World Champions. Croatian Davis Cup team won the tournament in 2005. Tennis player Goran Ivaniševic is one of the country's most recognizable sportsmen, and won the 2001 men's singles title at Wimbledon. Janica Kostelic in skiing, Blanka Vlašic in athletics, Duje Draganja, Sanja Jovanovic and Đurdica Bjedov in swimming, Dražen Petrovic, Krešimir Cosic, Toni Kukoc and Dino Rada in basketball, Željko Mavrovic and Mate Parlov in boxing, Branko Cikatic and Mirko Filipovic known as Cro Cop in Mixed martial arts, Tamara Boroš in table tennis are one of the most famous athletes. For more travel suggestions, please visit www.toptenvacationspots.net.