Summary:

   Telecommunication is the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. Today telecommunication is widespread and devices that assist the process such as the television, radio and telephone are common in many parts of the world. The earliest form of telecommunica-tions came from smoke signals and drums. These then evolved what we have now, starting with the telegraph invented in 1843 by Samuel Morse.
   The Internet on the other hand (also known as the Net) is the worldwide, publicly accessible system of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by using the standard internet protocol (IP). Internet protocols consists of millions of smaller networks, which together carry various information and services, such as electronic mail, online chat, and interlinked web pages. The earliest versions of the internet appeared in the late 1950's but practical concepts began during the late 1960's and 1970's. And by the 1980's, technologies we now recognize as the basis of modern internet were widespread, and in 1990 the World Wide Web was introduced.