the internet

 

 

 

The internet is a global networks that is linking together billions of computers all around the world; that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks, providing high speed for communicating for all of these institutions. Users connect to the Internet via high-speed broadband Internet services such as, DSL, WIFI, etc.


Early history

The first appearance of the internet was back in 1969 as a result of a project called Arpanet related to the United States Department of Defense.

This project was made to help the U.S army through computer networks and linking universities and research institutions utilizing the capacity of computers for human benefits.

On the first of January 1983 The United States Department of Defense replaced the protocol that was applicable in the past and that helped the network to grow and develop.

 

Some examples of Internet connectivity:



Search engines and directories: -


These are specialized programs in network connectivity according to the user that make it easy to effortlessly search term, where the user puts keywords to be searched. And it is connected to many sites in order to extract information and data Categorise them and the most famous search engine giant  is Google.

World Wide Web:-


E-mail

It is the exchange of e-mails quickly, and here I mean electronic messages information, data and images. Among the most famous are  Hotmail and Gmail.

Social media sites:

These are social news exchanges among members of the community, which are about sites involving users to exchange views and ideas.

These are where social news is exchanged among members of the community, which is about sites involving users to exchange views and ideas.

 

Web sites:

These are programs that allow for the display of information and data .

Meetings and conferences:

Here users can check the Internet to see what is being offered at meetings and conferences through transfer programs and audio over the network.

Electronic universities:

The new institutions are using the Internet as a means of disseminating knowledge and linking students, and often rely on university forums that will enable them to speed communication and open direct rooms for discussion and dialogue between students and professors.

Internet disadvantages:

There are too many disadvantages of the Internet, such as: 1 - Piracy and the hacking of some websites -2-reducing individuals family and social times with friends and family 3- health risk ; sitting for a long time behind a computer screen can cause a lots of damages to human eyes ,reducing the sight ability ,and affecting the back side of the body.

Linking to business:-


Internet and marketing

The internet has become a large market for companies; some large companies inflated their work and took advantage of low cost advertising and trade online, which is known as                       e-commerce. It is the fastest way to disseminate information to a large number of individuals. As a result, the Internet caused a revolution in the world of work shopping. For example, someone could be asked to buy a CD online and it will be received via regular mail within two days, or can be downloaded directly via the internet if possible. Internet also has facilitated the personal shopping process, which allows a company to market a product for a particular person or a particular group of people in a way that is better than any advertising medium.

As examples of personal shopping, online communities are entered by thousands of Internet users to declare themselves and hold friendships across the network. Since the users of these communities  are between the ages of 13 and 25 years, they declare their hobbies and interests and here marketing companies online use this information to advertise products that meet their desires and interests; you can shop from anywhere in the world via the Internet.

Conclusion:-

In my opinion I believe that internet could be a very useful tool and on the other hand it could be harmful if it was used on the wrong way we must avoid it is  dangerous uses because it’s going to spread s;o rapidly in future; the statistics says that internet usage has  highly  increasedthe last few years .



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