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What is the Internet? How the Internet works Acessing the Internet Internet services Operating the net: overview Who owns the Internet and who is in charge? Internet, Intranets, Extranets, and Virtual Private Networks In Search of Reliable Internet Measurement Data Global Data Flows  INDEX CARD     RESEARCH MATRIX  Java Applets Java applets are small programs that can be sent along with a Web page to a user. Java applets can perform interactive animations, immediate calculations, or other simple tasks without having to send a user request back to the server. They are written in Java, a platform-independent computer language, which was invented by Sun Microsystems, Inc. Source: Whatis.com