Internet communication. Computer artwork representing internet communication. Around the Earth are (clockwise from upper left): a computer, a satellite dish, a laptop computer and a mobile telephone. The whole image is overlaid on a larger image of a mobile telephone. Also circling the Earth are binary digits (zeros and ones), the form in which computers send and use data. The internet, or information superhighway, is a global network of computers able to send and receive data amongst themselves. It includes the world wide web and e-mail (electronic mail) and can be accessed using a telephone and modem.