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Internet Services and
6 Cyber Crime
Your Aim
to learn about:
l Internet Services l Netiquettes
l Cyber Threats l Cyber Security
Internet is a global network accessible from all over the world. Millions of computers are
connected with Internet world wide. The Internet plays an important role to make our life
simple. Now, Internet is used for wide variety of services including communication, shopping,
banking etc.
INTERNET SERVICES
Internet services allow us to perform different types of operations over the Internet. We can also
access different types of data such as text, image, audio, video and software from the Internet.
Let us learn about some of the Internet services in detail.
Communication
Internet is the most popular means of communication today. Communication with other people
has become much easier with the use of Internet. Apart from sending e-mails, you can talk to
others almost face to face over the Internet. You can share your views, ideas, videos, etc. with
your friends by just one click. You can keep yourself updated on latest news and even add your
comments to it. Let us learn about some of the popular ways used for communication over the
Internet.
E-mail
E-mail stands for electronic mail. You can send messages and files from your computer to your
friend’s computer and vice-versa using e-mail service. It is fast and generally delivered within few
seconds (depending on the network speed) after sending. It can be sent anytime during the day,
anywhere in the world and to many people simultaneously.
Some of the popular e-mail service providers are Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. You simply need to
create an e-mail account with any of these service providers. If you already have an e-mail
account, you simply log in to your email account to send and receive emails.
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