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INTERNET
Advances in communication systems and its dissemination
worldwide are
facilitatinginterconnection between people and institutions
worldwide and reducing orremoving barriers of distance and
time.
The Internet revolution and its continuing evolution are
representing a change
radical in the
way of understanding social relations, to expand the social and
allow
Access information, people and ideas of the most varied nature.
Internet is a worldwide network of computers, decentralized,
allowing
Many computers are connected together by a series of
communication protocols,by via copper cables, fiber optic
cables, wireless connections and other means.
This global network of computers provides a varied range of services:
• Navigation in Web (WWW, World Wide Web), a set of documents or
records
bound that can be viewed through a browser.
• E-mail (email), that allows sending messages between users.
• Newsgroups (news), forums, instant messaging (chat), etc., Which are
spaces
of
discussion and exchange of experiences.
• Transfer files quickly using FTP (file transfer protocol) and
exchange
Files in calls P2P (peer to peer).
• Communication via voice (Voice over IP, VoIP) and video conferencing
(Skype).
• Radio, television and print.
• Other: all purchases, access to bank accounts, conducting courses
distance,
job search, enrollment in colleges and universities, etc
