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Online Shopping

                 You can buy and sell  products all over the world
                 through the Internet. It is called online shopping.

                 There are many online stores and sites that can be
                 browsed to see the products and can be bought as
                 well with your credit card. You need not to leave your
                 house and can do your shopping from the convenience of your home.

                 Online Chatting


                 There are many ‘Chat rooms’ on the web. These can be accessed to
                 meet new people, make new friends, as well as stay in touch with old
                 friends. At times these are used to spread awareness and exchange

                 ideas pertaining to any specific cause.
                                                                   Downloading Data


                                                                   Getting the data from the host computer
                                                                   (server)  to  the  client computer  (user’s
                                                                   computer)  is  known as  downloading.

                                                                   You  can download  innumerable  games,
                                                                   music, videos, movies, and a host of other
                                                                   entertainment software from the Internet,
                                                                   most of which are free.


                 Uploading Data


                 Copying the data from the client computer
                 (user’s computer)  to the host computer
                 (server)  is known  as  Uploading. This

                 process is generally used when you want to
                 send photographs, articles or files  to your
                 friends, family, etc.



                 Social Networking


                 Social networking sites  allow  people  with common  interests  or  activities  to
                 connect with each other. They are an immense store of knowledge and
                 information as experiences of people from across the world are shared.
                 However, these services are generally considered as a source of distraction
                 from education for students.



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