Suggestions: The following sites contain information answering such questions as: "What is the web?", "How does the web work?". Try out these links and see what you can learn.
More about Netscape then you ever wanted to know from the company who created the browser.
A bit about how the webs's rules such as doman names work . "In January of 1993 the InterNIC was established as a collaborative project between AT&T, General Atomics and Network Solutions, Inc. and supported by three five-year cooperative agreements with the National Science Foundation. AT&T was to manage the InterNIC Directory and Database Services project; NSI was to manage the Registration Services project, and General Atomics was to manage the Information Services project"
A searchable dictionary of more then 10,000 computer-internet related terms
General Guide to Internet Resources--a bit dated, not all links work. Some interesting material on the web for the diligent.