Important Information About Internet

The Internet is a network of computers linking many

different types of computers all over the world, ft is a

network of networks sharing, a common mechanism

for addressing, (identifying) computers,, and »

common set of communication protocols for

communications between two computers on .the

network.

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Four basic services provided by the Internet to its

users are electronic mail, file transfer protocol, telnet,

and Usenet news. ' .

3. Electronic .mail service (known as e-mail in short)

enables an Internet user to send a mail (message) to

another Internet user in any part of the world in a

near-real-time manner.

4. File Transfer Protocol service (known as FTP in

short) enables an Internet user to move a file from

one computer to another on the Internet

5. Telnet service enables an Internet *user to log in to

another computer on the Internet from higher local

computer.

6. Usenet service enables a group of Internet users

exchange their views/ideas/information on some

topic of interest with all members belonging to the

7. The WWW uses a concept called hypertext

documents on the Internet are known as Web Pages.

Pages are created by using a special language

hypertext Markup Language (HTML) that is a

language for linking documents for easier to

access and manipulation.

8. To be used as a web client, a computer needs to be

with a special software tool that is known as- browser.: Browsers*normally provide several navigation facilities' help users save time while Internet surfing.

9. The Internet has already-proved to be a valuable tool for

use in many significant ways. Some current strategic uses

of the Internet are for on-line communication, software

.sharing, exchange of views on topic-? of common interest,

posting  of information  of general   interest,  product

promotion, feedback about products, cus'crr; .r .support.

Service,   on-line 'journals   and   magazines,   on-line shopping, and worldwide video conferencing.