Internet structure

There have been many analyses of the Internet and its arrangement. For example, it has been resolute that the Internet IP routing structure and hypertext links of the World Wide Web are example of scale-free network.

Similar to the way the profitable Internet providers connect via Internet swap points, research networks tend to intersect into large sub networks such as the next:

* GEANT

* GLORIAD

* The Internet2 Network

* JANET

These in turn are built around relatively smaller network. See also the list of school computer network organizations.

In computer network diagrams, the Internet is often representing by a cloud symbol, into and out of which network transportation can pass.