Cierra is an associate writer for CNET's broadband team, covering all things home internet. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a master's degree. Cierra is ...

NARRATION: So, you've probably heard the word internet a lot, but what is the Internet? The internet is a network of lots and lots of computers connected to each other, so people can keep in touch.

Today, the internet is a massive part of our daily lives. In the 1950s, the United States Defence Department formed several agencies, such as the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA ...