INTERNET & ONLINE
Internet
The arrival of Internet and the World Wide Web has completely changed the scenario of communication system and has geographically shrunk the world. We may define the Internet as worldwide network of computer networks that is accessible to all. Internet transmits data using the packet switching system and Internet Protocol (IP). It can also be termed as a network of millions of smaller networks.
IP address and service provider
Numerous user friendly features of Internet have made it extremely popular among millions of users throughout the world. What you basically need is a computer system with a connection to the Internet. This connection is provided by the ISP or Internet Service Provider who allots the user a unique IP address or Internet Protocol Address. The user connects to the Internet through the unique IP address and a host of new avenues world wide are opened before him.
Features
Some of the most interesting features of Internet are the email or Electronic Mail, websites surfing when you connect to different websites of different countries sitting in the cool comfort of your home, and the facilities to interchange messages. Such messages on Internet can be exchanged via Email, or Voice mail, or direct chatting. Yahoo Messenger for example is one of the most popular tools for Internet chatting. Google.com is the most popular search engine on the Internet through which you can access web pages of millions of websites throughout the world and obtain required information.
Internet and WWW
Internet and WWW (short form for World Wide Web) are not synonymous. Internet basically is a collection of interconnected computer networks. The connection is provided and maintained using copper wires, fiber-optic cables or wireless technology. The WWW is a collection of documents those are interconnected by hyperlinks and URL. You can access WWW via the Internet.
Online
The word online is very popular in these days of computer technology, Internet and World Wide Web. Ordinarily the word online refers that someone is connected with the WWW through the Internet. Whether such user is surfing the net, or exchanging messages or voices through email or chatting, he is considered to be online. The concept of online also brings up with the concept of offline which means the user has presently no connectivity with the Internet and consequentially with WWW.
Impact of being online
In today’s world of information technology we are able to use our online presence in multifarious ways like online marketing, online business, online transmission of services and messages. For example, Ebay is the one of the best online platform for exchange of goods and services. The business of Ebay today is counted in billions. When a user is online, he can have the entire world in his drawing room simply surfing through the nets. Even academic courses and researches are now available online. People are pursuing courses online and obtaining their degrees and certificates online those are as much in demand as in case of any university where physical presence of the student is required. The strangest part of an online transaction is that the two counterparts might never have seen each other and yet knows and understand each other better than any physical acquaintances.
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