SERVICES PROVIDED BY INTERNET Important services provided by internet are as the following: 1. THE WORLD WIDE WEB This is also called web or www or 3w. The collection of all web pages in all web sites on Internet is called www. These web pages provide us information in the form of text, pictures, audio and video formats etc. 2. E-MAIL E-mail stands for electronic mail. It is the most popular, cheap, easy and fastest mailing service. We can send and receive messages on internet with in seconds or minutes. 3. EMAIL DISCUSSION GROUPS These are used to discuss different topics with other people by email. 4. NEWSGROUPS Newsgroups are discussion groups on internet. They are used for free exchange of information. A user sends a message to the news group site. Other users read this message from this site and reply. Newsgroups are provided by special computers called news servers. 5. ECOMMERCE It stands for Electronic Commerce. E-commerce means to carry out business dealings by internet...
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