Therefore, O children of the earthquake and the storm, let us stand shoulder to shoulder, heart to heart, and pocket to pocket. Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context. It has also been asserted that the stripe on each shoulder is sometimes double.
This is usually via the telephone network. However, some people connect to the Internet using satellites, fibre-optic cables or radio waves (Wi-Fi). Not that long ago, computers were the only devices that most people could use to connect to the internet.
The Internet is the communications network that lies behind your computer and connects you to the outside world. In the beginning, it was a few computers connected together in one building and swapping text messages. Now there are millions of computers connected around the world using fibre optic cables and satellite links to transfer digital information - text, sound and video.