INTERNET

What is Internet

The internet in simple terms is a network of the interlinked computer networking worldwide, which is accessible to the general public. These interconnected computers work by transmitting data through a special type of packet switching which is known as the IP or the internet protocol.

Internet is such a huge network of several different interlinked networks relating to the business, government, academic, and even smaller domestic networks, therefore internet is known as the network of all the other networks. These networks enable the internet to be used for various important functions which include the several means of communications like the file transfer, the online chat and even the sharing of the documents and web sites on the WWW, or the World Wide Web. 

Advantages and Disadvantages of Internet

Internet is undoubtedly the most crucial technology of the modern world, the useful application has not only made our lives easier than ever before but it also plays a very important role in the future developments.

Everyone is of course very well known that internet has the global advantages than just a few concentrated ones. With the introduction of the internet the global communication has become a matter of just the finger tips of the users. The internet has brought about the various different, innovative communication means like the emailing, chatting, and the voice conversation system over the internet.

These systems have not only made the communication easy but also the daily lives interactions following the business of people living on the other sides of the world. The other blessings of the internet include the umpteen resources that we can get on anything at all over the net and also the entertainment via the games, websites, and media access which was never so easy before.

Everything has the negative aspect to it and so does the internet, the biggest threat of the internet is in the pornography and the security threats. Pornography is widespread over the internet making it inappropriate to be used by the children below certain age so as to prevent the psychological damage from the early days. These sites are easily accessible and attractive for the teenagers and young kids.

Uses of Internet

Internet has been the most useful technology of the modern times which helps us not only in our daily lives, but also our personal and professional lives developments. The internet helps us achieve this in several different ways.
For the students and educational purposes the internet is widely used to gather information so as to do the research or add to the knowledge of any sort of subject they have. Even the business personals and the professions like doctors, access the internet to filter the necessary information for their use. The internet is therefore the largest encyclopedia for everyone, in all age categories.