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The document discusses the advantages and disadvantages of using the internet. It begins with an introduction describing the internet as a global system of interconnected computer networks using TCP/IP that serves billions of users worldwide. Some key advantages mentioned are communication, access to vast amounts of information, and entertainment options. Services such as online banking and ticket purchases are also advantages. Disadvantages include the theft of personal information, spam emails, computer viruses, and easy access to pornography.

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Internet

The document discusses the advantages and disadvantages of using the internet. It begins with an introduction describing the internet as a global system of interconnected computer networks using TCP/IP that serves billions of users worldwide. Some key advantages mentioned are communication, access to vast amounts of information, and entertainment options. Services such as online banking and ticket purchases are also advantages. Disadvantages include the theft of personal information, spam emails, computer viruses, and easy access to pornography.

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INTRODUCTION TO INTERNET The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol

suite (TCP/IP) to serve several billion 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 an extensive range of information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web (WWW), the infrastructure to support email, and peer-to-peer networks. The Internet, referring to the specific global system of interconnected IP networks, is a proper noun and written with an initial capital letter. In the media and common use it is often not capitalized, viz. the internet. Some guides specify that the word should be capitalized when used as a noun, but not capitalized when used as a verb or an adjective. The Internet is also often referred to as the Net. Historically the word internet was used, uncapitalized, as early as 1883 as a verb and adjective to refer to interconnected motions.

Worldwide Internet users 2005 2010 2013a

World population[9] 6.5 billion 6.9 billion 7.1 billion Not using the Internet Using the Internet Users in the developing world Users in the developed world 84% 16% 8% 51% 70% 30% 21% 67% 61% 39% 31% 77%
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Estimate.

Source: International Telecommunications Union.[10]

ADVANTAGES
1.Communication:

The foremost target of internet has always been the communication. And internet has excelled beyond the expectations .Still; innovations are going on to make it faster, more reliable. By the advent of computer's Internet, our earth has reduced and has attained the form of a global village. Now we can communicate in a fraction of second with a person who is sitting in the other part of the world. Today for better communication, we can avail the facilities of e-mail; we can chat for hours with our loved ones. There are plenty messenger services in offering. With help of such services, it has become very easy to establish a kind of global friendship where you can share your thoughts, can explore other cultures of different ethnicity. 2.Information

Information is probably the biggest advantage internet is offering. The Internet is a virtual treasure trove of information. Any kind of information on any topic under the sun is available on the Internet. The search engines like Google, yahoo is at your service on the Internet. You can almost find any type of data on almost any kind of subject that you are looking for. There is a huge amount of information available on the internet for just about every subject known to man, ranging from government law and services, trade fairs and conferences, market information, new ideas and technical support, the list is end less. 3.Entertainment

Entertainment is another popular raison d'tre why many people prefer to surf the Internet. In fact, media of internet has become quite successful in trapping multifaceted entertainment factor. Downloading games, visiting

chat rooms or just surfing the Web are some of the uses people have discovered. There are numerous games that may be downloaded from the Internet for free. The industry of online gaming has tasted dramatic and phenomenal attention by game lovers. Chat rooms are popular because users can meet new and interesting people. In fact, the Internet has been successfully used by people to find life long partners. When people surf the Web, there are numerous things that can be found. Music, hobbies, news and more can be found and shared on the Internet. 4.Services

Many services are now provided on the internet such as online banking, job seeking, purchasing tickets for your favorite movies, guidance services on array of topics engulfing the every aspect of life, and hotel reservations. Often these services are not available off-line and can cost you more.

DISADVANTAGES
1.Theft of Personal information:

If you use the Internet, you may be facing grave danger as your personal information such as name, address, credit card number etc. can be accessed by other culprits to make your problems worse. 2.Spamming:

Spamming refers to sending unwanted e-mails in bulk, which provide no purpose and needlessly obstruct the

entire system. Such illegal activities can be very frustrating for you, and so instead of just ignoring it, you should make an effort to try and stop these activities so that using the Internet can become that much safer. 3.Virus threat

Virus is nothing but a program which disrupts the normal functioning of your computer systems. Computers attached to internet are more prone to virus attacks and they can end up into crashing your whole hard disk, causing you considerable headache. 4.Pornography:

This is perhaps the biggest threat related to your children's healthy mental life. A very serious issue concerning the Internet. There are thousands of pornographic sites on the Internet that can be easily found and can be a detrimental factor to letting children use the Internet. Though, internet can also create havoc, destruction and its misuse can be very fatal, the advantages of it outweigh its disadvantages.

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