A network of networks is known as Internet. Internet is a group of two or more networks they are interconnected. Internet is the largest collection of www which are interlinked together. Presently several lakhs of computers are interconnected with each other to share and exchange information. People use internet to find general information about a subject and also to access information which is not easily available elsewhere.
Internet is defined as ‘’a global pool of information and services, accessible by means of locally executed interface software’’.
Capable of communicating and sharing data with each other.
Able to act together as a single network.
Internet covers the globe and includes large International network as many Small LAN’s.
Ocean of information accessible to people across the world but the way it can be put to use on various platforms is different. Thus Internet is a
Net work- Organization can use the Internet to link their offices and employees turning the internet into a virtual private network.
As a Medium- The Internet serves as a communication channel for anybody dealing with product marketing to corporate communications.
As a market- The internet is a vast virtual marketing place where you can advertise and even order for products from the market.
As a Transaction platform- Allows you complete your financial transactions online while linked directly to your supplies, customers or financial institutions.
Exchange e-mails with any of the tens of millions of people with e-mail addresses
Search for retrieve and read literally millions of files stored on computers throughout the world
Search for and bring to your computer shareware, freeware and commercial software
Search databases of governments, individuals and organizations for files on tens of thousands of topics
Join specific topic-oriented discussion groups
Send and receive programme data files such as desktop publishing files, spreadsheet, CAD files or word processor files, which you or the receiver can immediately start to work on
Conduct test marketing
Distribute electronic publications
Read electronic publications
Sell products and services
Browse and search ‘catalogs’ of goods and services and purchase items online
Browse through resources of private or public information services that are on the Internet
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