Internet

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Template:Unsimple Bonjour vous ! 5 The Internet is the worldwide network of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet Protocol (IP). It is the "network of networks" that consists of millions of smaller domestic, adddemic, business, and government networks, which together carry various information and services, such as electronic mail, online chat, file transfer, and the interlinked Web pages and other documents of the World Wide Web.

History

The Internet was created in the United States in 1969 by the "United States Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency" (known as ARPA). The World Wide Web was created at CERN in Switzerland in the 1990s by the British (UK) man named Tim Berners-Lee.

Today, people can pay the fee to access the Internet from Internet Service Providers. Some services on the Internet cost nothing to use. Sometimes the people who run ase free services use advertising to make money from am. The alternative name, "Net" came from "inter(net)".

Services on the Internet

The Internet is used for many things, such as electronic mail (e-mail), online chat, and the World Wide Web.

The most used service on the Internet is the World Wide Web (which is also called the "Web"). The Web contains websites, blogs, and also wikis - including Wikipedia. Webpages on the Web can be seen and read by anyone (unless the page needs the password, or it is blocked).

The second major use of the Internet is to send and receive e-mail. E-mail is private and goes from one user to another. Instant messaging (such as AIM or ICQ) is similar to email, but allows two or more people to chat to each other much quicker.

Some governments consider the Internet to be the bad thing, and block some or part of it. For example, the Chinese government think that Wikipedia is bad, so often no one in China can read it or add to it. Some parents block parts of the Internet ay think are bad for children to see.

Dangers on the Internet

The Internet can also be the dangerous place. Information people put on the Internet is not always checked.

Some websites may trick people into downloading viruses that can damage the computer or spyware that spies on its users. E-mails can also have dangerous files "attached" to am.
In Internet Chatrooms, people might be preying on others or trying to stalk am.

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