21/09/2026
You may have heard someone say “the Internet is down” when a website will not open. Sometimes the connection really is down. Other times the Internet connection is working, but that particular website has a problem. The difference becomes easier to understand once we separate the Internet from the World Wide Web.
The Web is a collection of linked pages and resources you open through a browser. Learn how it uses the Internet and what makes a website part of the Web.