The document discusses the history and uses of the internet. It defines the internet as a global network of interconnected computers that allows for communication and sharing of information. The internet originated as ARPANET in 1969 and was renamed to the internet in 1989 when commercial use was allowed. Key services of the internet include electronic mail, the world wide web, and file transfer protocol for sharing files. Common uses of the internet mentioned are online communication, software/file sharing, research, e-commerce, and distance learning.

1. Topic Of The Day
3RD Eye Of
Modern
Era…..

4. INTERNET

5. Session Objective
•What is INTERNET ?
•Brief History of Internet.
•Services provided by
Internet.
• Uses of INTERNET

6. What is INTERNET ?
The INTERNET is a network of
computers, which links many different
types of computers all over the world.
It is the largest network of networks in
The world.
Vinton Cerf is the Father of
Internet

7. Brief History of Internet.
•First named as ARPANET(1969)(U.S)
• ARPANET was the first WAN and had
only four sites in 1969.
•This is renamed as INTERNET IN 1989
•In 1989, the U.S. government lifted
restrictions on the use of INTERNET, and
allow its usage for commercial purposes
as well.

8. Services provided by Internet.
•Electronic Mail (e-mail)
•World Wide Web
•File Transfer Protocol
(FTP)

9. Electronic Mail (e-Mail)
•Distributes e-mail messages and attached files to one or
more electronic mailboxes.
•E-Mail is a rapid and productive communication tool
because :
 It is faster than Paper Mail .
 Unlike telephone, The persons communicating with
each other need not to be available at the same time.
 Unlike Fax documents , Email documents can be stored
in a computer and be easily edited using editing
programs.

10. Different e-mail service providers
–G-Mail
–Yahoo Mail
–Hot Mail

13. World Wide Web (W W W)
• Most important service provided by Internet.
• An internet-based hypermedia initiative for
global information sharing.
• Developed in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee of the
European Particle Physics Lab (CERN) in
Switzerland.

14. Tim Berners-Lee
• Father of W W W.
• Invented W W W
while working at
CERN, the European
Particle Physics
Laboratory.

15. File Transfer Protocol
 Moving a file from a remote computer to ones own
computer is known as Downloading.
 Moving a file from ones own computer to a remote
computer is known as Uploading.
 Anonymous FTP site in a computer allows a user to
log in with the username of anonymous and
password that is user’s E-mail Address.
 Anonymous FTP sites are called publically accessible
sites because they can be accessed by any user on
internet.

16. Uses of INTERNET
• Some important current strategic of the INTERNET are :
 On-line communication
 Software sharing
 Exchange of views on topics of common interest
 Posting of information of general interest
 Organization promotion
 Product promotion and feedback about products
 Customer support service
 On-line journals, magazines, Encyclopedia, and dictionary
 On-line shopping
 World-wide conferencing

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