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Services Provided by InternetServices Provided by InternetInternet plays very important role in our society. It provides a lot of latest informative information about business, education etc. It becomes the main medium for advertisement, communication between users etc. The main services provided by Internet are:
1. World Wide Web The World Wide Web is simply referred to as Web. It is the latest addition to the Internet to exchange information. The W b is vast network of HTTP servers (Web servers ) that store documents called Web pages and these are accessible on the Internet. It is abbreviated as www or 3w. It is the easiest way to search and to get information on the Internet. 2. Newsgroups The Newsgroups are the discussion forums that provide the services to Exchange messages on the Internet about a particular subject. This facility is provided on the Internet on special servers known as News servers. Different newsgroups are available for different purposes. For example, a newsgroup provides the services to exchange information about business and another provides the services about current affairs etc. You can become the member of any newsgroup on Internet for reading and posting messages on the newsgroup. Usually the news client program "Microsoft Internet News" is used to read & write articles in newsgroups. 3. FTP FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. It is a way to transfer files to others through Internet, The files are stored on a special type of server called the FTP server. The browsers can be used to transfer files from FTP server to the client computer but it is a slow process to transfer files. A lot of FTP client programs of different Software Companies are available through which files can be downloaded from FTP server into your local computer very easily & quickly. Similarly, the files from your computer can be uploaded to the FTP server. These special programs are WS_FTP and Cute FTP. 4. Chatting Internet also provides the facility to Internet user to talk with people online all over the world. Different programs like MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, ICQ, AOL online etc. are available for chatting on the Internet. You can add names of your friends or other people to these programs. These programs notify you when one or more people are online and then allow you to exchange messages or files with them or join a private chat room. The chat room allows the users to participate in a chat on the Internet. A chat room is a area on the web where you talk with people online. You send messages by typing with keyboard to the online people and receive messages from other end instantly. Some chat rooms support voice chats and video chats where you talk with people as well as see them. 5. E-Commerce E-Commerce or Electronic Commerce is very important service provided by Internet through which financial transactions are carried out over the Internet. It is the modem way to carry out business on international basis. When business is conducted with the help of computer networks, this activity is usually termed as e-commerce or e-trade. Through e-commerce, goods can be purchased and sold from anywhere in the world. Credit cards are used for payments. It is estimated that the size of e-commerce is growing at a rate of 10% to 15% per month in the world. The e-commerce can only be conducted on the computer network. Therefore, computer network has become the need of every nation including Pakistan. The examples of E-commerce are; online shopping, online advertising, online banking etc. 6. Telnet Telnet is an Internet service (or tool) that is used to login and run commands or programs on a remote server on the Internet. Through this service, you can also access information on the Internet. You run the telnet client application on your computer. The telnet provides you a prompt on your screen and you can access the host computer by giving commands through this prompt. You will feel that you are sitting in front on the host computer and operating it. When you send commands to the host through this service, information are accessed from host and displayed on your own computer screen. When telnet client program is run on your local computer, you have to give your account name (user name) and password to start the operating session. The expert users mostly use this service. In some remote servers, this service is not allowed.
7. Gopher Gopher is an Internet service that organizes resources into multilevel menus to make finding information easier on the Internet. Before Gopher, it was difficult to find information on the Internet. 8. E-mail E-mail stands for electronic mail. It is the most popular service or facility provided by the Internet through which we can electronically send and receive messages anywhere in the world. E-mail is a fast and efficient method of communication. It is almost free of cost. The e-mail reaches to the destination in a few seconds. You can also send documents, pictures, audio and video files via e-mail by attaching .the file with email. It is also possible to send or receive e-mail messages through a mobile phone. See Also or Related Articles:
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