The textbook and assigned media describe the Internet as, originally and fundamentally:
<u> a decentralized network</u>
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The Internet is the global system for telecommunications. It is a tool that has helped bring the world closer. This is why it is sometimes called a global village.
A decentralized network is one that is controlled by many, and not by only one person or a small group of people.
As a result of this, assigned media and textbooks describe the Internet as fundamentally a decentralized network because it is not controlled by one person, but used by all.
