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    Flipkart is a popular online shopping company. It was founded in 2007 by Sachin
                                     Bansal and Binny Bansal.

                                                                      Entertainment:          Various      forms       of
                                                                      entertainment  such  as  radio,  television
                                                                      broadcasts, video and music are offered

                                                                      by the Internet. We can download songs
                                                                      and movies  and  can listen  and  watch

                                                                      them later as per our convenience.

                     Playing games: We can play different types of online games like puzzle solving, car
                     race, chess, football or basketball, etc.

                                                 Subject: Most popular website
                                                 Google is ranked as the most popular website worldwide.
                                                 5  billion  Google  searches  are  performed  on  the  Internet
                                                 every day.

                               REQUIREMENTS FOR CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET

                     A computer requires the following things to connect to the

                     Internet:

                     Modem: The modem stands for modulator-demodulator.

                                              Telephone  Connection:  A  telephone
                                              connection  acts  as  a  medium  to  transfer data  from one
                                              computer to another.

                     Internet Connection: An Internet connection is provided

                     by many Internet Service Providers (ISP) on payment
                     of a monthly fee. Some of the ISPs are BSNL (Bharat
                     Sanchar Nigam Limited), Jio, Airtel, Vodafone Idea, etc.

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