FYI on "What is the Internet?"
Ed Krol, Eva Hoffman · 1993
This FYI RFC answers the question, What is the Internet? and is produced by the User Services Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Containing a modified chapter from Ed Krol's 1992 book, The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog, the paper covers the Internet's definition, history, administration, protocols, financing, and current issues such as growth, commercialization, and privatization.