Internet

__Internet__
**Internet** is a wide area network which connects thousands of computers in different countries.

__**Basic Internet Abbreviations**__ a) **FTP**: File Transfer Protocol b) **Http**: Hypertext Transfer Protocol c) **ISP**: Internet Service Provider d) **URL**: Uniform Resource Locator e) **WWW**: World Wide Web

a) **Blog**: I    nformation that is instantly published to a Web site .     b) **Browser**: A software program that allows users to access the Internet. c) **Chat**: A real-time text-based communication via computer.       d) **Search Engine**: A specialized software, such as Google or Yahoo, that lets WWW browser users search for information on the Web by using keywords and phrases. e)**Website**: A website is a set of web pages consisting of text, audio and video.
 * __Internet Terminologies__**

__**Advantages of using Internet:**__ a) It operates 24 hours, 7 days a week. b) You can create Online Discussion Forums. c) You can do online chat where you can meet new friends, meet new people, as well as to stay in touch with old friends. d) You can access information easily where you can use search engines for searching various information. e) You can shop online just by using credit card. You do not need to leave your house and do all your shopping from the convenience of your home. __**Disadvantages of using Internet:**__

a) Your personal information such as your name, address, etc. can be accessed by other people. If you use a credit card to shop online, then your credit card information can also be stolen by hackers.

b) Pornography - there are thousands of pornographic sites on the Internet that can be easily found and can be a damage to the moral and mentality of the people especially children and teenagers.

c) People who spend too much time sitting in the front of computer can easily gets ill. Radiation emitted by computer’s screen is harmful to eyes and other health problems may occur like wrist injury and backache.

d) Internet can be addictive. Some people just cannot live without it. They have no real friends and when Internet is down they are getting furious. e) 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.

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