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Internet Services and
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                                 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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