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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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