ISP

ISP stands for //Internet Service Provider//. Your ISP is the company that provides you with Internet access. Usually your ISP will be your phone or cable company, because most people connect to the Internet over phone lines or cable.

Your ISP is the first server your computer connects to when accessing information on the World Wide Web. The server at your ISP connects to other servers, which connect to other servers, which connect to other servers...which makes up the World Wide Web.