IT ERA MODULE 6

• By the turn of the century, information, including access to the Internet, will be the basis for personal, economic, and political advancement.
• A lot of well-known universities have created a lot of online programs, and students mostly use these to further their studies even as they work.
• The popular name for the Internet is the information superhighway.
• The Internet supplements the traditional tools used to gather information, data graphics, news and correspond with other people.
• Used skillfully, the Internet shrinks the world and brings information, expertise, and knowledge on nearly every subject imaginable straight to your computer.
• The Internet is a massive network of networks, a networking infrastructure that connects millions of computers together globally, forming a network in which any computer can communicate with any other computer as long as they are both connected to the Internet.
• Information that travels over the Internet does so via a variety of languages known as protocols.
• Some common ways of connecting to the Internet include: Internet service provider (ISP) by modem, Internet ready cable, digital subscriber line (DSL), simply turning on your computer which is on a network at work or school connected to the Internet, Wireless Network (WiFi), and Mobile Broadbands.
• On the Internet, you can send and receive email messages, download free software with FTP (File Transfer Protocol), post your opinion to a Usenet newsgroup, chat, surf the World Wide Web, and there is no charge for most services.
• TCP/IP, which stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol is the Internet's fundamental "control system" and it's really two systems in one.
• Internet Protocol (IP) is the Internet's addressing system.
• Theft of Personal information occurs when your personal information such as name, address, credit card number etc can be accessed by other culprits to make your problems worse.
• Spamming refers to sending unwanted e-mails in bulk, which provide no purpose and needlessly obstruct the entire system.
• Virus threat is a program which disrupts the normal functioning of your computer systems.
• Pornography is a serious issue concerning the Internet as there are thousands of pornographic sites on the Internet that can be easily found and can be a detrimental factor to letting children use the Internet.
• Internet communication is referred to as the sharing of information, ideas, or simply words over the World Wide Web, or the Internet.
• The Internet consists of a worldwide string of connected networks that exchanges data through packet switching using the standardized Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP).
• With the advent of high-speed internet connections, the internet has created more ways of instant communications that provide a vast option of information sharing.
• Social Media Sites are a no-brainer as almost everyone with access to the web has a social media account.
• Instant message, or IM, is sending a real-time message from one user to another.
• Electronic mail, or e-mail, is the techy version of the traditional mail.
• Chat Rooms were the golden boys of the internet before the rise of Social Media.
• Forums are specifically directed to people who have questions or want to start an idea or thought through group discussions.
• Blog consider this as your pre-internet, journal or diary.
• In 2017, Russian president Vladimir Putin approved a plan to create a private alternative to the Internet to counter the historic dominance of the traditional Internet by the United States.
• The foremost target of internet has always been the communication.
• Internet has excelled beyond the expectations in terms of communication.
• Today, we can communicate in a fraction of second with a person who is sitting in the other part of the world.
• There are plenty of messenger services in offering, making it easy to establish a global friendship where you can share your thoughts, can explore other cultures of different ethnicity.
• The Internet is a virtual treasure trove of information, with any kind of information on any topic under the sun available.
• The search engines like Google, Yahoo is at your service on the Internet, making it easy to find any type of data on almost any kind of subject that you are looking for.
• Students and children are among the top users who surf the Internet for research.
• Today, it is almost required that students should use the Internet for research for the purpose of gathering resources.
• Teachers have started giving assignments that require research on the Internet.
• Downloading games, visiting chat rooms or just surfing the Web are some of the uses people have discovered.
• Many services are now provided on the internet such as online banking, job seeking, purchasing tickets for your favorite movies, guidance services on a range of topics engulfing every aspect of life, and hotel reservations.
• E-commerce is the concept used for any type of commercial maneuvering, or business deals that involves the transfer of information across the globe via Internet.
• E-commerce has become a phenomenon associated with any kind of shopping, almost anything.
• All the machines on the Internet — yours, mine, and everyone else's — are identified by an Internet Protocol (IP) address that takes the form of a series of digits separated by dots or colons.
• If all the machines have numeric addresses, every machine knows exactly how (and where) to contact every other machine.