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Chapter Profile
                                      Instagram: It is a photo & video sharing social networking  site now
                                     owned by Facebook, originally created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger
                                     in 2010.


                     X: It is a social networking site where users post and interact with messages
                    known as "tweets". It was launched in 2006.

                                               YouTube: It is a video sharing site where users can watch, share,
                                             like, download  and upload  videos. It was created in 2005  but
                                             Google bought it in 2006.

                     WhatsApp: It is an instant messaging service that allows you to send messages,
                    pictures and videos and even voice recordings over the Internet. It was launched

                    in 2009 and is now owned by Facebook. It is more popular as an app.

                 Other Uses

                 Many services are now provided on the Internet such as online banking, job seeking, online
                 education, online ticket booking, hotel reservations and online storage. Often, these services

                 are either not available offline or cost more.


                                   If you could send a time capsule into the future using the internet, what
                                   three cool things would you share online to show kids 100 years from now
                                   what life is like today?



                        REQUIREMENTS TO CONNECT TO INTERNET


                 The things required for having an Internet connection are:

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



                                                   Telephone and Cable Lines: These help in establishing a
                                                   link between the different computers and the servers.



                     Modem:  It  stands  for  Modulator-Demodulator.  Modem  transfers

                    digital information over telephone lines.


                                        Web  Browser: It is a software program which  helps  the user in
                                       opening and displaying the different web pages. The different types of
                                       web  browsers  are  Google  Chrome,  Microsoft  Edge,  Mozilla  Firefox,
                                       Opera etc.



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