Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 CommerceOCMCommunication. E-Commerce and Outsourcing2 Marks
Question
Give meaning of Internet.
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Answer
A global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities consisting of interconnected network is called internet
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Internet:
Technically, the word ‘Internet’ can be defined as a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks.
Internet in the context of computer network:
• The word ‘internet’ is derived from two words ‘interconnection’ and network’.
• The word ‘inter’ refers to ‘internal’, the word ‘interconnection’ refers to connected together’. The word network’ refers to a group of computers connected with a purpose of sharing information and resources.
• When a group of computer is connected with a purpose of sharing information and resources it is called a network or say, a computer network. To build such a network one needs to have several computer hardware and software. The computers that are to be connected to form a group may be present in the same room, in different rooms, different offices or even at different offices or even at different places. In this sense the area of network covers all the computers whether near, far or even across the worlds. In the context of network internet can be defined as network of all networks. No one owns internet.
• Everyone shares it. However several organizations do the work of managing various networks and their parts so that people can access and use the internet.
• Thus, internet is a global network that connects millions of computers. More than $190$ countries are linked into exchange of data.
• In older days internet was accessed using telephone lines. However, now a days various private companies have come up who have established their own separate communication systems using fiber optics and satellite links to provide services of internet to people. These companies are called Internet Service Provider $(ISP).$
• We can share text, pictures, audio, video, numerical data, etc. through internet.
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