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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.

                                                                    E-learning: The Internet can become  your
                                                                    guide that can help you in a school project. The
                                                                    education system has changed dramatically

                                                                    with the rise of e-learning and other facets of
                                                                    online education.

                      E-shopping: The shopping that we do online

                      is called e-shopping. There are many online
                      shopping websites from where we can buy or

                      sell products on the Internet while sitting at
                      home.

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