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    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.

                                                                                Web Browser: A web browser is

                                                                                a software used  to  open  various
                                                                                web pages and  fetch or retrieve

                                                                                information from the World Wide
                      Microsoft       Mozilla        Google         Safari
                         Edge          Firefox       Chrome                     Web. Some of the most commonly
                                                                                used web browsers are: Microsoft

                     Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari.

                                    Name of the first web browser

                     Computer System: It is an integrated system with all the
                     different  types  of input,  output,  processing  and  storage
                     devices.

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