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Online Surfing and
Cybersecurity
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Learning Outcomes
Internet Services Netiquettes
Cyber Threats Cybersecurity
Internet is a global network of millions of computers and computer networks all over the world.
It allows us to access and share information over the network. Internet contains billions of
websites to provide information. And these websites contain related web pages. Websites are
located by using the website address or Universal Resource Locator (URL) which is a unique
address.
i + INTERNET SERVICES
Internet services allow us to perform different types of operations over the Internet. We can also
access different types of data such as text, image, audio, video and software from the Internet.
Let us learn about some of the Internet services in detail.
Communication
The Internet is the most popular means of communication today. Communication with other
people has become much easier with the use of the Internet. Apart from sending e-mails, you can
talk to others almost face-to-face over the Internet. You can share your views, ideas, videos, etc.
with your friends with just one click. You can keep yourself updated on the latest news and even
add your comments to it. Let us learn about some of the popular ways used for communication
over the Internet.
E-mail
An Electronic mail or e-mail can be defined as the process of exchanging messages electronically
through a communication network by using computer. Although, an e-mail is usually associated
with the Internet, it is not necessary to have an Internet connection to send and receive e-mails.
Many organisations have e-mail facilities within their own networks, without having an Internet
connection.
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