Articles: 5 : Internet

Internet is the worldwide collection of networks. Connection between world’s small computer networks forms Internet. Through internet we can share information in the form of email messages, SMS messages,  articles, news, online trading, price quotes, advertising, e-books, audio, video and written chats, songs, movies, and games etc.

The followings things are required to connect with the internet.

      Personal computer
      Modem
      Telephone line / cable / satellite
      Internet hours from ISP (Internet Service Provides)
      Software, such as, Web Browser, Email Client, Chat Client etc.

Application of Internet

1.      World wide web (www)

2.      Email

World Wide Web (WWW) :

World wide web is an architectural framework for accessing linked documents spread out over thousands of machines all over the Internet. WWW made it possible for a site to set up a number of pages of information containing texts, pictures, sound, and even videos, with embedded links to others pages. By clicking on a link, the user is suddenly transported to the page pointed to by that link. Web page opens on the web browser like MS Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Firefox etc.

E mail :

Email is the abbreviation of electronic mail. Email is one of the most useful applications of internet. Through email the user can send and receive messages including text, graphics, pictures, voice etc. Senders and receivers must have their email addresses in order to communicate with each other. Email address has two parts : (1) Before the sign @ which is the user identification, and (2) After @ sign that is domain name which specifies the name of email service provider, e.g : acd@yahoo.com. In which acd is the user name and yahoo.com is the email service provider. Through this medium messages are delivered from a source to a destination within few seconds.