The document outlines various internet applications including blogs, forums, VoIP, e-commerce, and e-governance, emphasizing their features and benefits. It distinguishes between blogs and forums, explaining their functionalities and the roles of users, moderators, and administrators. Additionally, it discusses the concept of e-commerce, e-markets, electronic data interchange, and provides an overview of mapping services like Google Maps and Google Earth.

1. INTERNET
APPLICATIONS

2. OBJECTIVES :-
TO STUDY THE APPLICATIONS OF THE INTERNET :-
 BLOGS
 FORUM
 VOIP
 E - COMMERCE
 E – MARKET
 E- BANKING
 E – MAP
 GOOGLE EARTH

3. An interconnected system of networks that connects computers
around the world via the TCP/IP protocol.
Internet is the system through which one can submit
information that can be used for single or multiple operations.
 Wired or wireless mode of communication / data transfer is
possible
through Internet.
 It is a huge network of several different interlinked networks;
which
communicate under specific guidelines i.e. called Internet
Protocol (IP) OR i.e. called Transmission Control Protocol (TCP).
 Range of services being carried out through Internet is vast.
 Internet applications includes Blogs & Forums, VoIP, e-
commerce, e-Governance & e-maps.
INTERNET

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E-mail
chat
Video
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Search
forum
Blogs
E-
commerce
Entertainment

5. A word “Blog” is formed from “Web Log”. Similar to e-
mail accounts, user can create “Blog” at specific location
on internet.
It is user’s own space where he / she can keep (post)
certain articles, ideas, news, facts, opinions, etc. which
other visitors can view.
Blogs are usually structured, organized by category and
can be updated as and when required.
As compared to e-mails, communication is fast, as
visitors (so called bloggers) can quickly view the
comments and even post his / her own thoughts on the
subject.
With reference to a particular topic, as information
sharing and opinion forming can be collectively done,
blog is considered as one of the strongest tool to

6. Steps to create blog:
Step 1: Choose a free blogging software.
Step 2: Register for an account and create your blog
Step 3: Select Your Domain, Theme and Other Options.
Step 4: Start blogging.
Once you've completed steps 1-3, you're ready to join
the BLOG and start publishing content on your blog. There
are many more ways you can
customize your blog, but these four easy steps are all you
need to follow in order to start a simple blog.

7. Advantages of Blogs:
 Quick posting & viewing of information is possible.
 As blog is unlike e-mail communication, no threat of
spams.
 No limit to create number of blogs. User can create any
number of blogs.
 Typically recent developments / new information is posted
on blogs. Hence blogs are in a way help to search engines to
find new contents.
 Blogging service and software are economical. Users
(bloggers) can visit blogs with either free of cost or with very
minimum charges.

8. Forums:
 Forum is the space on internet used to communicate, interact
and collaborate with others. E.g. it is possible by means of discussions,
chat rooms, messaging windows, calendars.
 Information posted on a particular topic can be saved and other
people can see at any time, creating a discussion environment.
 Everything that gets posted can be read any time.
 Forum differs from blog in a sense that blog allows only one
(owner) person to write and maintain the blog; whereas forum allows
multiple users (members of the blog) to post his / her views on the
subject and even change the subject.

9. Following are integral parts of forum:
•User Group: Members of the forum add up their views
about the topic, thus by expanding the discussions. The
users, who are not registered members of forum, are
commonly known as Guests OR Visitors. Visitors can usually
view the contents of the forum. They are typically granted
limited type of access to the functions that do not cause or
require database alterations or breach privacy.
•Moderator: The topic and discussion is monitored by a
moderator or group of moderators. These are also users (or
employees) of the forum. They are granted access to the post
and threads of all members registered in the forum.
Moderators are responsible for keeping the forum clean by
means of arresting spams attacks.

10. •Administrators: Administrators; who also act as moderator,
manage the technical details required for running the site.
Administrators manage the rules; create sections and sub-
sections as required and also perform any database
operations (database backup etc.). Administrators can change
or update the appearance (known as the skin) of a forum.
•Topic: Topic, also commonly known as thread is collection of
posts, i.e. displayed sequentially by means of dates. Thread is
defined by subject / title that summarize the particular
discussion. Popularity of thread is typically considered on
forums in reply counts.
Post: A post is nothing but the message submitted by forum
member; i.e. user. It also contains basic details of user, date &
time the message is submitted. Members can typically edit or
delete their own posts

11. Difference between Blogs and Forums:
Blogs Forums
1. A blog belongs to a personality (student,
teacher, any person)
1. A forum belongs to someone else (a
company, an online site, a non-profit
organization, or anyone who creates and runs
the forum).
2. Blogs are devoted to a specific topic. 2. A forum is a collection of posts offered by
the general public, i.e. question-and-answer
format
3. While a blog may be a collection of one
person's writing on something.
3. A forum is more collection of the public's
shorter comments on a topic.
4. Blogs can not offer to go with membership. 4. Some forums offer separate blogs to go
with membership.

12. VoIP:
Voice over IP (VoIP, abbreviation of voice over internet
Protocol) commonly refers to communication protocols,
technologies, methodologies, and transmission techniques
involved in the delivery of voice
communications and multimedia sessions over Internet
Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet. Other terms
commonly associated with VoIP are IP telephony, Internet
telephony, voice over broadband (VoBB), broadband
telephony, IP communications, and broadband phone.

13. Types of VoIP:
VoIP can be typically used in following ways:
Computer to Computer: This is the basic form of VoIP. Users can simply
talk to each other through a piece of software installed on their computers
using a headset.
Phone to Computer: Users can use a VoIP program installed on their
computer to call phones. They can call any number worldwide; landline or
mobile phone.
VoIP Phones: VoIP phones apparently look just like telephones. Users
speak and hear through them just like a phone connected to the internet;
hence the name is VoIP system. Dialing the number is same as that of
normal phone.
VoIP Adapters: VoIP adapters can connect existing telephone to VoIP
system. This means users can use their current phone to use VoIP

14. E- Commerce

15. E-Commerce
E-Commerce (Electronic Commerce), it is about sharing
business information, maintaining business relationship and
carrying out business transactions using computer systems
which are connected to telecommunication network. It is an
emerging concept that describes the process of buying,
selling or exchanging of product, services and information
over electronic system such as computer network or
internet.

16. Examples of e-Commerce:
Auction sites where advertisements about
any products to be auctioned are put in e-
commerce.
retail stores
making banking transactions through
internet (e-banking)
e-filing of tax returns
Ticket bookings (airlines, trains, bus,
cinema, etc.)

17. Trade Cycle:
E-commerce is the establishment of multiple functions that include selling
products or information over the Internet and the processes that are
established to support a company. As with physical commerce, the trade
cycle is more or less categorized into four areas.
 Identification of a supplier by a consumer and the agreement of terms for
supply.
 Selecting the goods and taking delivery.
 Payment and invoicing is usually executed along with the selection of
goods in e-commerce.
 After-sales services including maintenance, in which complaints are
addressed, support given, and any further involvement of the supplier with
the product as specified in the terms of supply is engaged.

18. E-Market:
E-Market (Electronic Market) is inter-organizational information
system that provides facility for both buyers and sellers to
exchange information about product offerings and price,
payments and services using Internet, networks and digital
technologies.
Any transfer of goods or services from seller to buyer that
involves one or more electronic methods or media can be
considered electronic marketing. E-market is the virtual
representation of physical market.
By utilizing ICT, necessary e-marketing related information can
be exchanged i.e. very beneficial for the traders who are
geographically dispersed

19. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI):
Electronic data interchange (EDI) is the electronic transfer of a
standardized business transaction between a sender and receiver
computer, over some kind of private network or Value Added
Network (VAN). EDI is based on a set of standardized messages
for the transfer of structured and formatted data between computer
applications.
EDI is primarily used by multiple and repeat operations like
supermarkets, automobile industries. Inventory (stock) control and
material management is possible through EDI. EDI can define
multiple transaction sets corresponding to each type of business
document such as invoice, purchase order, etc. It is most
commonly applied in the execution and settlement phase of trade
cycle.
EDI system requires EDI standards, EDI Software, EDI network
and trading community.

20. E-Governance:
The system by which citizens can access Government information
while visiting the required sites on internet is e-Governance. It
refers to the use of ICT (Information & Communication Technology)
by government agency for various reasons as under:
 Exchange of information with citizens / business OR other
government departments / functions.
 Fast & efficient delivery of public services
 Improve internal efficiency
 Reduce cost & increase revenue
 Restructuring and administrative process

21. E-map
E- map means Electronic map or digital map. E- maps are virtual
images along with navigation facility. The spatial information of a
region or a landmark is displayed using simple graphics, symbols
and lines. Users can move or browse the map to locate particular
region. In case of regular maps landmark is generally a building
while in e-maps it can be a location, building or a dessert vendor or
may be soothing else having user’s interest. Google Earth is one of
the best examples for Digital Mapping.

22. Google Maps:
A Google map is a web mapping service application and technology
provided by Google. It is also called as “Google Local”. Google map
provides that provides many map-based services, including the
Google Maps website, Google Ride Finder, Google Transit and maps
embedded on third-party websites via the Google Maps API. It offers
road maps, a route planner for traveling by foot, car, bike]or public
transport and an urban business locator for numerous countries
around the world. Google Maps satellite images are not updated in
real time; they are several months or years old. Google Maps uses a
close variant of the Mercator projection, so it cannot show areas
around the poles.

23. Google Earth
Google Earth is a useful application for viewing almost any location
in the world from a bird’s-eye view. It is a stand-alone program
which offers more globe-viewing features, including showing polar
areas. The free version of Google Earth software can be
downloaded at: http://earth.google.com/. By using Google Earth,
we can find a specific place, location (such as a city, landmark,
or address)

24. Wikimapia for finding places, routes:
Wikimapia website provides Google Maps interactive web map
that consists of user-generated information layer on top of Google
Maps satellite imagery and other resources. In December 2009
Wikimapia launched an API (Application Programming Interface)
and made its content available in several formats for non-
commercial use. It allows selecting any marked object and
viewing its description. Apart from this and the search tool, user
can filter and highlight objects by categories.
Visitors can add location by drawing its outline on top of satellite
photo, write a description for it, choose its category and upload
referring pictures. To edit existing tag user need to register on
website.