Various Uses of internet

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IntroductionIntroduction
Most traditional
communications media
including telephone, music,
film, and television are
reshaped or redefined by
the Internet, giving birth to
new services such as
Voice over Internet Protocol
(VoIP) and IPTV. Newspaper,
book and other print
publishing are adapting to
Web site technology, or are
reshaped into blogging and web feeds. The Internet has enabled or
accelerated new forms of human interactions through
instant messaging, Internet forums, and social networking.
Online shopping has boomed both for major retail outlets and small
artisans and traders. Business-to-business and financial services

DefinitonDefiniton
The Internet is a global system of
interconnected computer networks
that use the standard
Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) to
serve billions of users worldwide. It
is a network of networks that
consists of millions of private,
public, academic, business, and
government networks, of local to
global scope, that are linked by a
broad array of
electronic, wireless and optical networking technologies. The
Internet carries a vast range of information resources and
services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents of the
World Wide Web (WWW) and the infrastructure to support
electronic mail.

Use in communicationUse in communication
Electronic mail, or email, is an
important communications
service available on the
Internet. The concept of
sending electronic text
messages between parties in
a way analogous to mailing
letters or memos predates
the creation of the Internet.
Pictures, documents and
other files are sent as
email attachments. Emails can
be cc-ed to multiple
email addresses.
Internet telephony is another
common communications
service made possible by the

Use In Data TransferUse In Data Transfer
File sharing is an example of
transferring large amounts of data
across the Internet. A
computer file can be emailed to
customers, colleagues and friends
as an attachment. It can be
uploaded to a website or FTP server
for easy download by others. It can
be put into a "shared location" or
onto a file server for instant use by
colleagues. The load of bulk
downloads to many users can be
eased by the use of "mirror"
servers or peer-to-peer networks.
In any of these cases, access to the
file may be controlled by user
authentication, the transit of the
file over the Internet may be

Modern UsesModern Uses
The Internet allows greater
flexibility in working hours
and location, especially with
the spread of unmetered
high-speed connections. The
Internet can be accessed
almost anywhere by
numerous means, including
through
mobile Internet devices.
Mobile phones, datacards,
handheld gameconsoles and cellular routers allow users to connect to the Internet
wirelessly. Within the limitations imposed by small screens and other
limited facilities of such pocket-sized devices, the services of the
Internet, including email and the web, may be available. Service
providers may restrict the services offered and mobile data charges
may be significantly higher than other access methods.

Social ImpactSocial Impact
The Internet has enabled entirely
new forms of social interaction,
activities, and organizing, thanks
to its basic features such as
widespread usability and access.
Social networking websites such as
Facebook, Twitter and MySpace
have created new ways to socialize
and interact. Users of these sites
are able to add a wide variety of
information to pages, to pursue
common interests, and to connect
with others. It is also possible to find existing acquaintances, to
allow communication among existing groups of people. Sites like
LinkedIn foster commercial and business connections.
In the first decade of the 21st century the first generation is
raised with widespread availability of Internet connectivity.

ConclusionConclusion
Many people use the terms
Internet and World Wide
Web, or just the Web,
interchangeably, but the
two terms are not
synonymous. The
World Wide Web is a global
set of documents, images
and other resources,
logically interrelated by
hyperlinks and referenced
with Uniform Resource
Identifiers (URIs).
- Presented by- Presented by
Saikat Rakshit.Saikat Rakshit.

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