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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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