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When two or more computers are connected with each other, we call it a computer
                 network. The internet is a vast network of computers connected together, which

                 makes communication between them possible. The term Internet is derived from the
                 words interconnection and networks. It connects millions of computers across the
                 world by means of cables, telephone wires or certain wireless media of communication.












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                           HISTORY OF INTERNET


                 The history of the Internet starts with the development of electronic computers in

                 the 1950s. In the 1960s, the first computer was developed, supported by the United
                 States Department of Defence. It was called ARPANET and it was meant to connect
                 only a few computers with each other.

                 ARPANET was developed  with the  aim  of sharing information  on research and

                 development and was used only by the government officials and scientists. It was
                 later opened for the universities to spread education and share their resources.

                 The network rapidly grew bigger and, by the 1990s, a modern version of the network,

                 the Internet, as we know it today, had evolved. Thinking about life without the use of
                 the Internet has become difficult.



                           USES OF INTERNET


                 The most extensive uses of Internet are:

                 E-mail (Electronic mail): It is an online communication system.

                 E-mail  enables  us to send and receive  messages  to  people
                 anywhere around the world within a matter of seconds.



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