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INTERNET—AN CHAPTER
INTRODUCTION A4
LEARNING OUTCOMES
The student will be able to:
understand the history and evolution of the Internet.
identify the various uses of the Internet in daily life.
learn the requirements for connecting to the Internet.
recognise commonly used Internet terms and their meanings.
use URLs and search engines to find information online.
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.
Each zebra's stripe pattern is as
unique as a human fingerprint or
URL of a Website!
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
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