Internet

Advantages and Disadvantages of the Internet

Internet has been perhaps the most outstanding innovation in the field of
communication in the history of mankind. As with every single innovation,
internet has its own advantages and disadvantages. But usually, greater
magnitude of advantages outweighs its 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

When was the Internet Invented

Invention of Internet technology did not happen over night. Although there
are number of dates, which you will come across, the actual invention cannot
be attributed to a single date or year. The process of invention of the Internet
spans approximately a quarter of a century. You must read the next part of the
article to find an answer to the question which year was the Internet invented.
However, before you go on to read the next bit of information, I would like to
bring it to your notice, that although WWW and Internet are used
interchangeably, they are not the same. Read more on Internet turns 40.

Who Invented the Internet

To the invention of Internet, no one person was responsible, as invention of
Internet has happened over an extended period of time. The idea, which lead
to the development of Internet was put forth by J.C.R. Licklider in his paper
about computer networking in 1960. He went on to head Information
Processing Department in the U.S. military’s research agency. He was helped
by Lawrence Roberts and his team in the research and development.

The next step in the development of Internet was packet switching

technology, due to which information could be transmitted between
computers in bundles, which was and still is called as packets. This research
was carried out by scientists at various places namely MIT, the National
Physical Laboratory and RAND. There efforts paid off and it led to the
activation of ARPAnet between UCLA and Standford University in 1969. You
may want to know what does ARPAnet stand for.

ARPAnet cannot be compared to what we have today in terms of web

browsers, WWW, etc. However, it can be called as the father of Internet as we
see it today. There were many systems based on ARPAnet and the system
extended rapidly. By early 1980’s, there were more than 200 independent
computer hosts.

There were other systems, which were developed in other parts of the world
as well. In 1974, International Telecommunication Union started the X.25
standard. This was the basis of European networks such as Britain’s JANET.
However, there was a difference between the way both these systems were
used. ARPAnet was primarily an academic network, however, it did have the
general email functioning, what is used to this day as well. On the other hand,
X.25 based system was available to the business community. This system had
a feature called as Telnet. However, based on ARPAnet, in 1983 TCP/IP
protocols were created. Read more on what does TCP/IP stand for.

Apart from J.C.R. Licklider and Lawrence Roberts, the names worth
mentioning are Robert Kahn, Leonard Kleinrock, Vint Cerf, Radia Perlman and
Viston. National Science Foundation took over the management in 1990. The
explosion of Internet happened after 1990. It was in 1992, that access of
Internet was made available to common public. It is then, that Internet
explosion happened in the real sense of the term.
What is Internet?
According to the definition provided by Oxford dictionary, the Internet is an
arrangement of connected computers, which lets the computer users all over
the globe exchange data. At the present time, approximately 33% of the world
population has accessibility to the Internet. The Internet is an extraordinary
entertainment and learning tool that may be utilized in a number of modes to
increase the ability of a user to collect information. The principal components
of the Internet are the World Wide Web (WWW) and e-mail. With the passage
of time, the Internet has become the most effective business tool in the
contemporary world. It can be described as a global meeting place where
people from every corner of the world can come simultaneously.

The advantages of Internet

Following are the advantages provided by the Internet:

1) Information The biggest benefit offered by the Internet is information. It

functions as a valuable resource of information. You can find any type of
information on any subject with the help of the search engines like Yahoo and
Google.
2) Communication The primary goal of the Internet is communication. It has
done extremely well in this field, however the development process is still
going on to make it more dependable and quick. By sending an e-mail, we can
contact a person who is physically present thousand miles away within the
fraction of a second’s time.
3) Entertainment Internet functions as a popular medium of entertainment. A
wide variety of entertainment including video games, music, movies, chat
room, news and others can be accessed through the Internet.
4) E-commerce E-commerce is the idea that is implemented for any form of
commercial strategy or business transactions that entails transmission of data
from one corner of the world to another. E-commerce has become a fantastic
option through which you can shop anything.
5) Formation of communities Internet helps in formation of communities or
forums. Here a number of people can participate in different types of debates
and discussions, express their views and gather valuable knowledge.
6) Services A variety of services are offered via Internet, for example job
searching, online banking, buying movie tickets, hotel reservations and
consultation services etc. When you avail these services offline, they become
more expensive.
The disadvantages of Internet

Following are the disadvantages of Internet:

1) Spamming: Spamming denotes distribution of unsolicited e-mails in

large numbers. They are meaningless and they unnecessarily block the
whole system. These activities are treated as illegal.
2) Theft of personal details While using the Internet, there is high
probability that your personal details like name, address and credit card
number may be accessed by con artists and used for fraudulent
purposes.
3) Pornography: Pornography is definitely harmful for your children.
There are numerous pornographic sites available over the Internet and
watching any of those can have very bad influence on the mental health
of your children.
4) Virus threat Virus is a program that interrupts the usual operation of
your personal computer system. PCs linked to the Internet have high
probability of virus attacks and as a result of this your hard disk can
crash, giving you a lot of trouble

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