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Advantages for Providers
        The organisation or company that offers online reservations to their customers has several advantages as well. Some
        of them are as follows:

        Ð ÐRequires Less Staffing: Since all tasks are completed by computers, less manpower is required.
        Ð ÐNo Spatial Restrictions: The company that provides online reservations could be operating out of their basement,
           garage, tiny office space, huge commercial mall office, or their own building. A customer who is reserving tickets
           online does not care where the office is physically located. As a result, any firm, large or small, can choose their
           office space based on their requirements. Although initial costs for setting up and maintaining the website must be
           incurred, online reservations minimise bills for office rent, power, and other expenses.

        Ð ÐGlobal Access: Anyone, regardless of physical location, can make an online reservation. Anyone with Internet access
           can search for the reservation site and book the tickets, broadening the scope of access to online reservations.

        2.1.2 Precautions while Performing Online Transactions

        Internet transactions are vulnerable to theft. Therefore, the following precautions must be taken:
        The most common method of user identification and authentication is the combination of username and password.
        The use of passwords raises a number of security concerns. Unauthorized access to an account via password theft or
        guessing a password can gain access to the system, and a simple password can be easily cracked.
        The following are some actions that can be taken to make passwords more secure:
        Ð ÐMake your password complex by using mixed case, numbers, and special characters. As a result, automated attacks
           become less effective by experimenting with alternative character combinations.
        Ð ÐPasswords should not be left lying around, and they should not be shared with friends.

        Ð ÐNever use the names of near and dear ones as passwords.
        2.1.3 Using Online Reservation Systems

        To use any online reservation system, we must first do the following:

         1   Open the online reservation website: To open a website on your machine with an Internet connection, launch a
             web browser such as Internet Explorer or Google Chrome.

                If you know the website’s address, enter it in the address bar.
                                                           Or
                 If you don’t know the address, use a search engine such as google.com or bing.com to find an online reservation
               website. Obtain the required site’s address. For example, you can use Google Search to find the railway ticket
               reservation site. You will get the search results as shown:






















                                        Fig: Google search results for railway ticket booking

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