BCSL-013(Computer Basics and PC Software Lab)

PRESENTATION
 QUESTION 1.
 Make a power point presentation on
Internet which should include topics:
What is Internet, Impact of Internet on
our lives and a brief history of Internet

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INTRODUCTION

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 INTERNET
 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.

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 A means of connecting a computer to any other computer
anywhere in the world via dedicated routers and servers.
When two computers are connected over theInternet,
they can send and receive all kinds of information such as
text, graphics, voice, video, and computer programs
 The Internet of Things (IoT) is the inter-networking of
physical devices, vehicles (also referred to as
"connected devices" and "smart devices"), buildings, and
other items embedded with electronics, software, sensors,
actuators, and network connectivity which enable these
objects to collect and exchange data.

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IMPACT OF INTERNET ON
OUR LIVES
 Nowadays, with the popularization of the network , the on line
life is not just for those computer geeks. One of the most
obvious advantage of the Internet is resource sharing. Also, the
computer and network are widely used by people all over the
world. More and more people is accustomed to search
resources from the Internet which is not easy to realize without
the mature network technology.
 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 on the Internet affect supply
chains across entire industries.
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 Some uses of Internet as our Daily life Are :-

 Uses of Internet in Students daily life

 Uses of Internet to increase the speed of daily tasks
 Uses of the Internet for business promotion and innovation
 Uses of Internet for shopping in our daily life
 Use of Internet provide us quick and free communication
 Uses of the Internet in Money Management
 Uses of Internet for Teaching and Sharing Knowledge with
others
 Solving problems of others by the use of internet
 Uses of Internet in Cashless Economy
 Uses of Internet in Tour and Travel

Our daily activities are enhanced and our knowledge expanded by

the Internet but at the same time Internet is providing powerful
development tools for humans

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 HISTORY
 The internet first came about in February 1958 in
America .
 A man named JCR Licklider saw universal networking
as a potential unifying revolution.
 He envisioned a globally interconnected set of
computers through which everyone could quickly
access data and programs from any site.
 Leonard Kleinrock at MIT published the first paper on
packet switching theory in July 1961 and the first
book on the subject in 1964.
 The internet began to grow rapidly in the 1970’s as
the knowledge of networking was growing more and
more rapidly.
 It expanded further in the 1980’s as the general
public were becoming more aware of it.
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 •The general public gained access to the Internet on
July 16, 1986 when the first Freenet came on-line in
Cleveland in the U.S.
 Between 1987 and 1988 the number of hosts
increased from 10,000 to 60,000 .
 With the development of the World Wide Web (WWW)
in 1991, there was no stopping the rapid expansion of
the Internet.
 People only had to download a WWW browser in order
to access the info on millions of websites. Countries
around the world joined the Internet and registered
their two-letter domain names, e.g. ca for Canada.
 The most important development was in 1993 was
the release of the first graphic web browser software,
Mosaic.

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 In 1994 the first junk e-mail or "spam" was sent
out this year. The first shopping malls also
appeared along with Internet radio stations
(mainly rebroadcasting) and the first cyber
bank.
 In 1998, the Internet continued to grow, with
thousands of new subscribers every day joining
the millions already subscribed.

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GURU NANAK KHALSA COLLEGE

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