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USES OF INTERNET
There are a lot of uses of the Internet. When you work on Internet, you can:
search information on any topic
send and receive e-mail messages
chat online
play online games
listen to music and watch movies
pay bills online
do online shopping
book tickets online
Tech Fact
Flipkart is a popular online shopping company. It was founded in 2007
by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal.
REQUIREMENTS FOR AN INTERNET CONNECTION
To connect your computer to the Internet, you need the following things:
A computer or a device A telephone or cable line
A modem or a network card A company providing Internet connection
Software (Web browser)
Computer Telephone Modem
INTERNET TERMS
Let us discuss some commonly used Internet terms:
Website
A website is a collection of related web pages that provide
information about a topic. A website address starts with www.
Some websites that are very popular are www.yahoo.co.in, www.
google.com, etc.
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