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E-Commerce
E-Commerce is a new way of doing business which involves buying and selling of
goods and services using the Internet. It addresses the needs of the customer and
provides a better platform to the vendors. Though this platform is vulnerable to
frauds, it is still considered popular and economical amongst entrepreneurs.
Education
There are online classes, tutorials, study material and even university courses that
are available online. You can not only study through the World Wide Web, but also
take exams and receive degrees for the same.
Online Banking
Internet is used for most of the banking activities which has helped the banking
industry to reduce manual errors. The basic functions of deposit and withdrawal
can be done easily without physically visiting the branch. It also helps to maintain
a customer database online.
Health and Medicine
There has been a lot of advancement in the medical field because of the Internet.
The maintenance of a patient’s record, diagnosis, medical reports, reference to
similar medical cases, live monitoring of patients, etc. are some of the advantages
of the Internet.
Tick ( ) if you know this.
HTTPs is a secured version of HTTP.
FTP helps in efficient sharing and transmission of large files and folders on the Internet.
Video Conferencing is telecommunication between two or more people using video/audio transmission.
COMPONENTS OF INTERNET
To access an Internet, we need to understand its essential components listed below:
• Web Client: A smart device or a computer operated by the user to access the services of the web server through
the Internet browser.
• Web Server: It is a host computer connected in World Wide Web containing information in the form of web pages
and websites. It responds to the client’s request. Different web servers all across the Internet are interconnected to
form a big web of information.
• Web Browser: A web browser is an application software designed to access web information through hyperlinks,
web pages and websites.
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