This document defines and describes several common online communication tools and services, including blogs, social networking sites, newsgroups, email, e-commerce, chatting, video conferencing, and search engines. It provides examples of popular platforms for each and describes their basic functions, such as using blogs to organize thoughts and interact with readers, using social networking sites to build online communities and share content, and using email to exchange messages across the internet. The document was presented by HRITHIK.
2. Blog
Social networking sites
Newsgroup
E-mail
E-commerce
Chatting
Video conferencing
3. A blog helps us to keep an account
of our thoughts , articles , posts
etc.., in well organised form . It
allows to interact with readers
interested in the same topic . We
create blogs using websites such
as-www.blogger.com ,
www.blog.co.in.
4. Social networking sites or SNSs are used
to build online communities of individuals
to share ideas , activities , events and
exchange pictures. Facebook , orkut
, twitter are some of the popular SNSs.
5. Unlike E-mail messages , a news group can
be read by anyone. A user can start
discussion , post and respond postings by
others
6. E-mail is also called electronic mail. It is
the most widely used method of
exchanging messages . The messages are
relayed to the people using E-mail server.
A e-mail can be sent to a person who is not
online.
7. E-commerce is very important service
provided by internet for financial
transactions. Different types of goods can
be purchase & sold from anywhere from
the world
8. Internet provides a facility to exchange
typed-in messages online with people all
over the world. This is called chatting . It
is done through chat rooms or instant
messengers.
9. Video conferencing is a live tele-
communication between two or more
peoples at different locations. It is an
alternative face-face meetings.
10. A search engine is a tool that searches
information on the world wide web (www).
Google , yahoo , msn , AltaVista , ask.com
are some search engines.