Era of internet
In the era of 21st century communication is the key to daily life .With out communication many of us would feel paralyzed.It has become our necessity.In almost everything we do we use Internet.we do online payments.we order pizza online by using different facilities like food panda app.we pay utility bills.In a nutshell i will say that everything is one click away ,you just click and get.
Who invented Internet?
The Internet consists of technologies developed by different individuals and organizations. Important figures include Robert W.Taylor who led the development of the ARPANET and Vinton Cerf and Robert kahn who developed Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol technologies.
Dark web
The dark web is the part if Internet that is nt visible to search engines and requires the use of an anonymizing browser called Tor to be accessed.
The history of Internet
The Internet started in 1960s as a way for government researchers to share information. Computers were at that time very large and immobile and in order to make usevof information stored in any one of computer one had to travel to thevsite of computer or have magnetic computer tapes sent through the conventional postal system.
US Defence Department formed ARPANET (Advanced Reseach Projects Agency Network) in order to dissiminate information. The technology continued to grow in 1970s after scientists Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf developed Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol.
ARPANER TCP/IP on January 1,1983 and from there researchers began to assemble the network of networks that became the modern Internet. The online world took a more recognizable form in 1990,when a computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web.
Later,Congress decided that the Web could be used for commercial purposes. As a result the companies hurried to set up websites and e-commerce entrepreneurs began to use Internet to sell goods to customers. More recently social networking sites like Facebook have become a popular way for the people of all age groups to stay connected.
What is Internet?
It is a network of networks that consists off private, public,academic,business and government networks of local to global scope,linked by a broad array of electronic,wireless and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries a vast range of information resources and services such as interlinked hypertext documents and applications of World Wide Web,electronic mail,ttelephony and file sharing.
Major Features of the Internet
The world wide web
News
Telnet
File Transfer protocol
Internet Relay Chat
The world wide web
Its a part of internet which supports hypertext documents allowing users to and navigate different type of data.
Every web page has an address ,a uniform resource locator.
Its an important part of internet. To create, send and receive messages you need an email account on Internet mail sever with a domain name.
News
On Internet based service called news includes ten of thousands news groups.Each news group holds discussions on specific topic.Article are posted on group forum.
Telent
Its a British radio,telecommunications and digital infrastructure system installation and service provision company.
FTP
File Transfer protocol is the internet tool used to copy files from one computer to an other.FTP is handy for finding and copying software files,articles and other type of data.Universities and software companies use FTP servers to provide their visitors access to data.
Internet Relay chat
IRC is a service that allows users to communicate in real time by typing text in a special window.
A web browser
A web browser is application software for access the world wide web.when a user requests a web page from a particular website, the web browser retrieves the necessary content from a web server and then displays the page on user device.
A web browser is not the same thing as search engine though two are often confused. A search engine is a website that provides links to other websites.web browser are used on wide range of devices including desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones. In 2020 4.9 billion people used browser.The most widely used browser is Google Chrome capturing 63% market share.
The impact of Internet in 21st century
It is not very often that an invention comes along that changes humanity forever. Arguably one of the biggest invention of our time is Internet.The Internet has had profound effects on communication in 21st century. In 2010 Facebook user base was 500 millions surpassing the population of United States and in 2014 Facebook claimed 1.3 billion users.The Internet has only been around for about 25 years but as show in Facebook statistic its use is growing at an exponential rate.Moreover the impact that Internet is having on the world is influencing history.
The type of influence that technology and social media has on politics and public opinion is remarkable.
Dangers of internet
Internet can be an extremely useful tool for young people.Instant messaging,chat rooms,email and social networking sites can also bring trouble from cyber bullying to mire serious Internet dangers including exposure sexual predators.
Internet danger#1
Cyberbullying
On the Internet cyberbullying takes various forms.It includes sending hateful messages or even death threats to children,spreading lies about them ,making nasty comments on their social networking profiles.
Internet danger #2
Sexual predators
The online world opens the door for trusting young people to interact with virtual strangers.About 1 in 7 kids is sexually solicitation online.Sexual predators are targeting children in chat rooms. They are using social networking sites such as my space and Xanga. They come across to children and become friends.
Internet danger#3
Internet pornography
Pornography is perhaps the worst danger the parents have, they even don't realize their kid are going online to seek out porn movie's.well you can check history but some of kids delete history. Only solution is to install a software which may block theses sites.
Internet danger#4
Damaged Reputation
Camera phone,digital cameras and web cams are everywhere, children can be victim of thir own inexperience with new technology.Many post pictures and videos online and they regret later.Teenage girls are posting their indecent pictures just because everyone is foing that .They are using Tiktok and uploading unethical content which might bring embarrassment to all just for getting views and become a star.So child reputation is biggest concern in this era.
Internet and Education
Biggest benefit of internet is on line education. As you all know that we have been invaded by covid that is a mutating virus and can easily trasfer from one person to other. Schools all over the have been closed but education is on though online classes.
So Internet happened to be source of creating knowledge. Students can use Internet to access libraries and to submit their assignments.
Importance of internet
Internet is for everyone. It has shaped a new platform in education business and public sevice sector.However, along with its increasingly significant roles ,internet will become a universally accessible platform,which will allow people to have a improved life quality.Well to reslize this goal, a regulation is necessary everything is at right
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