The are far more ways to exchange data and communicate over the Internet than have been discussed here. There's FTP, Gopher, Kali, Telnet, IHHD, Powwow, WinTalk, WebChat, CGI, ActiveX, Java, Pointcast, RealAudio, VIVO, VRML, SGML, and the list just begins there.

One thing they all have in common is that they use the same framework for the transfer of information. They all use IP address, servers, routers, and the vast network that is the Internet to reach their hosts