During his evolution journey from Neanderthals to Homo erectus and then to Homo

sapiens, man has come long way. Because of his continuous quest for more and more
amenities and facilities, the nineties have seen a major turn around with the invention of
computers. 10 years ago, the term internet was practically anonymous to most of the
people. And today internet has become the most ever powerful tool for man throughout the
world. The internet is a collection of various services and resources.

Although, many people still think e-mail and World Wide Web as the principle constituents
of internet, there is lot more in store than e-mail, chat rooms, celebrity web sites and search
engines. It also became the best business tool of modern scenario. Today internet has
brought a globe in a single room. Right from news across the corner of the world, wealth of
knowledge to shopping, purchasing the tickets of your favorite movie-everything is at your
finger tips. Internet has great potential and lot to offer… however, like every single
innovation in science and technology, internet has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Advantages

Communication:
The foremost target of internet has always been the communication. And internet has
excelled beyond the expectations .Still; innovations are going on to make it faster, more
reliable. By the advent of computer’s Internet, our earth has reduced and has attained the
form of a global village.

Now we can communicate in a fraction of second with a person who is sitting in the other
part of the world. Today for better communication, we can avail the facilities of e-mail; we
can chat for hours with our loved ones. There are plenty messenger services in offering.
With help of such services, it has become very easy to establish a kind of global friendship
where you can share your thoughts, can explore other cultures of different ethnicity.

Information
Information is probably the biggest advantage internet is offering. The Internet is a virtual
treasure trove of information. Any kind of information on any topic under the sun is
available on the Internet. The search engines like Google, yahoo is at your service on the
Internet. You can almost find any type of data on almost any kind of subject that you are
looking for. There is a huge amount of information available on the internet for just about
every subject known to man, ranging from government law and services, trade fairs and
conferences, market information, new ideas and technical support, the list is end less.

Students and children are among the top users who surf the Internet for research. Today, it
is almost required that students should use the Internet for research for the purpose of
gathering resources. Teachers have started giving assignments that require research on the
Internet. Almost every coming day, researches on medical issues become much easier to
locate. Numerous web sites available on the net are offering loads of information for people
to research diseases and talk to doctors online at sites such as, America’s Doctor. During
1998 over 20 million people reported going online to retrieve health information.

Entertainment
Entertainment is another popular raison d'être why many people prefer to surf the Internet.
In fact, media of internet has become quite successful in trapping multifaceted
entertainment factor. Downloading games, visiting chat rooms or just surfing the Web are
some of the uses people have discovered. There are numerous games that may be
downloaded from the Internet for free. The industry of online gaming has tasted dramatic
and phenomenal attention by game lovers. Chat rooms are popular because users can meet
new and interesting people. In fact, the Internet has been successfully used by people to
find life long partners. When people surf the Web, there are numerous things that can be
found. Music, hobbies, news and more can be found and shared on the Internet.

Services
Many services are now provided on the internet such as online banking, job seeking,
purchasing tickets for your favorite movies, guidance services on array of topics engulfing
the every aspect of life, and hotel reservations. Often these services are not available off-
line and can cost you more.

E-Commerce
Ecommerce is the concept used for any type of commercial maneuvering, or business deals
that involves the transfer of information across the globe via Internet. It has become a
phenomenon associated with any kind of shopping, almost anything. You name it and
Ecommerce with its giant tentacles engulfing every single product and service will make
you available at your door steps. It has got a real amazing and wide range of products from
household needs, technology to entertainment.

Disadvantages

Theft of Personal information

If you use the Internet, you may be facing grave danger as your personal information such
as name, address, credit card number etc. can be accessed by other culprits to make your
problems worse.

Spamming:
Spamming refers to sending unwanted e-mails in bulk, which provide no purpose and
needlessly obstruct the entire system. Such illegal activities can be very frustrating for you,
and so instead of just ignoring it, you should make an effort to try and stop these activities
so that using the Internet can become that much safer.

Virus threat
Virus is nothing but a program which disrupts the normal functioning of your computer
systems. Computers attached to internet are more prone to virus attacks and they can end up
into crashing your whole hard disk, causing you considerable headache.

Pornography:
This is perhaps the biggest threat related to your children’s healthy mental life.
A very serious issue concerning the Internet. There are thousands of
pornographic sites on the Internet that can be easily found and can be a
detrimental factor to letting children use the Internet.
Though, internet can also create havoc, destruction and its misuse can be very
fatal, the advantages of it outweigh its disadvantages.

Historia

La historia de Internet se remonta al temprano desarrollo de las redes de comunicación.

La idea de una red de computadoras diseñada para permitir la comunicación general entre
usuarios de varias computadoras sea tanto desarrollos tecnológicos como la fusión de la
infraestructura de la red ya existente y los sistemas de telecomunicaciones.

Las más antiguas versiones de estas ideas aparecieron a finales de los años 20.
Implementaciones prácticas de estos conceptos empezaron a finales de los 60 y a lo largo
de los 70. En la década de 1980, tecnologías que reconoceríamos como las bases de la
moderna Internet, empezaron a expandirse por todo el mundo. En los 90 se introdujo la
World Wide Web, que se hizo común.

La infraestructura de Internet se esparció por el mundo, para crear la moderna red mundial
de computadoras que hoy conocemos. Atravesó los países occidentales e intentó una
penetración en los países en desarrollo, creando un acceso mundial a información y
comunicación sin precedentes, pero también una brecha digital en el acceso a esta nueva
infraestructura. Internet también alteró la economía del mundo entero, incluyendo las
implicaciones económicas de la burbuja de las .com.

Antes del internet.

La red de computadoras ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) fue

creada por encargo del Departamento de Defensa de los Estados Unidos ("DoD" por sus
siglas en inglés) como medio de comunicación para los diferentes organismos del país. El
primer nodo se creó en la Universidad de California, Los Ángeles y fue la espina dorsal de
Internet hasta 1990, tras finalizar la transición al protocolo TCP/IP en 1983