Assignment

Name of the student : Muhammad Ali

Subject : ICT
Title : Internet
Submitted to : Imran Kazmi

What is the Internet?

Internet is a global network that connects billions of computers across the world with each other and to the World Wide
Web. It uses standard internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to connect billions of computer users worldwide. It is set up by
using cables such as optical fibers and other wireless and networking technologies. At present, internet is the fastest
mean of sending or exchanging information and data between computers across the world.It is believed that the internet
was developed by “Defense Advanced Projects Agency” (DARPA) department of the United States. And, it was first
connected in 1969.

History of the Internet

The Internet started off with research into what was then known as packet switching as early as the 1960s. Packet
switching was thought of as a better and faster method to transfer data than the hardware solution to the problem, i.e.,
the circuitry. The packet switching technology was essential to the development of ARPANET by the United States
Military. ARPANET is considered the first known group of interconnected computers aka the internet. This system was
used to transfer confidential data between the Military. This data-sharing technology was then opened to educational
institutes in the United States to allow them to access to government’s supercomputer, first at 56 kbit/s, then at 1.5
Mbit/s, and then at 45 Mbit/s. Com Internet service providers began to arise in the late 1980s and the internet was fully
commercialized in the US by 1995.

Advantages of the Internet

 Firstly, the internet can let a person communicate with people in virtually any part of the world through the
world wide web, social media or e-mail, without having to leave his room. E-mail allowed peoples to
communicate with minimum of times. It is now possibles to send a message to any parts of the world through a
simple e-mail address and the message is delivered in matter of seconds. Every companies is using e-mail in
business. The convenience of e-mail has allowed businesses to expand and communicates with their vendors
and customers located all over the world in records times. Personal communication has also become more easier
thanks to e-mail. Chat rooms, video conferencing are some of the latest additions in this technology and these
have allowed peoples to chat in real time. Besides, there are a lot of messengers services in offering. With the
help of such services, it has become very easy to establish a kind of global friendship where you can share your
thoughts and explore other cultures. The internet also allows people within an organization to easily
communicate and share informations.

 Second, information is probably the biggest advantages that internet offers. Internet is a virtual treasures trove
of information. Any kinds of information on any topic under the sun is available on the internet. The search
 engines like Google, Yahoo are at your service through the internet. There is a huge amount of information
available on the internet for just about every subjects known to man, ranging from government law and services,
trade fairs and conferences, market information, new ideas and technical support, the lists is simply endless. We
can uses these search engines, websites dedicated to different subjects and large amount of articles and papers
are available for perusal in a matter of a few seconds.

 Forums on a number of sites allow peoples to discuss and share their thoughts and informations with others
located at different places all over the world. Whether this information is the latest news happenings in the
world or information about your favourite celebrity, everything is available at your finger tips. A huge cache of
data is available on the internet on every single subjects. With this storehouse of information people can not
only increases their knowledge bank but can do so without wasting their time through traditional means such as
visiting libraries and conducting exhaustive research. With internet, students can save their times to search for
information and using their time to do other works.

 This is particularly relevant for students who can use this wealth of information for their school projects and also
learn new things about the subjects they are interested in. In fact this internet is for many schools and
universities that are now able to assigns projects and work to the students and follows their progress which can
be easily posted on the school or university internal websites. Online education has grown at a very fast pace
since internet allow the development and uses of innovative tools for imparting education. University students
and lecturers can communicate through internet. Besides, some universities are also offerings far distances
courses to make study become more inefficient and convenience. Internet become a gateway for those who
wants to learn but cannot afford the living fees at foreign countries.

 Thirdly, entertainments is another popular reasons why many people prefer to surf the internet. In fact, the
internet has becomes quite successful in trapping the multifaceted entertainment industry. Downloading games
or just surfing the celebrity websites are some of the uses people have discovered. Even celebrities are using the
internet effectively for promotional campaigns. Besides that, there are numerous games that can be downloaded
for free. The industry of online gaming has tasted dramatic and phenomenal attentions by game lovers. The
internet has also revolutionized the entertainments industry. People nowadays no need to go to a cinema hall to
watch your favourite movie. Instead of watching movies at cinema now have companies offering their services
where you just can downloads or order your favourite movie and watch it with a fast internet connection.
Besides that, you also can download other important software or your favourite music in a matter of few
minutes. There are a number of shareware programs that allow you to share and download your favourite music
and videos. The internet also allows people from different cultures and background to connect with each other.
Internet gaming is a huge business and allow enthusiastic gamers to compete against each other in games even
when they are located far apart. Likewise dating has also allowed people to find their prospective soul mates.

 Through the internet, shopping has also got a complete makeover thanks to the contributions of the internet.
You have many website selling a varieties of products online and one just need to select or bid for the desired
product and entire financial transactions can be conducts through the internet. E commerce has got a facilities
because of the internet and entire global business deals can be conducted over the internet. Transfer of money is
also no longer a times consuming job and with just a click of a button you can easily transfers funds to any place
you wish. Some of these services of courses come at a price. The internet has made life very convenient. With
numerous online services you can now performs all your transaction online. You can books tickets for a movie,
transfer funds, pay utility bills, taxes etc, and right from your home. Some travel websites even plans an itinerary
 as per your preferences and take care of airline tickets, hotel reservation etc. by using internet, consumers can
compare the prices of product before making decisions to purchase.

 People who believes that impacts of internet on students is positives said that internet help students by
providing them the handy material and resources for their studies. It is a big reality that now students takes a
lots of help from internet. Students have any problem regarding their studies or their daily life they can finds lots
of solutions of that problem from internet. There they can find out articles of scholar and other professional
people which would be helpful for them. They can take lectures from different academics on different topics.

 One of the most important benefits of internet is that students can earn from internet through bloggers.
Students can take interest on earning through internet. It would be a great source of income for them and also it
would provide them a big experience of writing. The students who are interested in media and wanted to be a
writer in the future must do this work. This would increase their professional skills which would lead them
towards great future.

Disadvantages of the Internet

 However, for all its advantages and positive aspects, the internet has its dark and ugly side too. The recent
rumours that mongering about racial riots in Kuala Lumpur which in created a furores, just goes to show how this
tool, with its unrivalled reputation as an information assassinations and company reputations can suffer if
internet facilities are abused, especially by those with an axe to grind.

 Besides that some students will spend too much of time through the internet. Students are likely to neglect their
studies. If the movie has too strong a hold even elderly people are likely to neglect some their important work.
Students might lose concentrate on their studies because they spent too much time on internet. Some of them
can’t even divide their time to do homework but they spent their time on watching movie or chatting
with their friends through internet.

 While the internet has made life easier for people in many ways it is also reflecting an uglier side to its existence
through a number of problems that it has thrown up for its users. With a large amount of information freely
available on the internet theft and misuse of this information is a likely possibility. Time and again you see cases
of people using someone else’s information and research and passing it off as their own. Children nowadays
seem losing their ability to communicate with others. They are used to communicate with others via internet but
they cannot communicate with others face by face fluent. It was a strange sight that internet had make people
losing their ability to communicate. It is because people now are over depending on internet.

 Another problem or disadvantage of the internet is that it has allowed a great deal of anonymity to a large
number of people who may access the different websites, forums and chat rooms available. This has allowed
perverted individuals to at times take advantage of innocent people and abuse their trust. We can always hear
from news that cheaters used internet to make crimes. The cheaters will make friends with single ladies and
cheat them by using sweet words. Lonely single ladies are very easy get in trap of these cheaters. These cheaters
normally will cheat these ladies to bank-in money to them. Some of the cheaters try to borrow money from
these ladies.
 There are a host of games that are available on the internet and this has made most children to shun all outdoor
activity. In the absence of physical activity, children can easily fall prey to a lot of lifestyle related diseases such as
obesity, apart from failing to develop interpersonal skills. Apart from these factors, sitting continuously in front of
a computer screen can seriously damage our eyes, and put a strain on our neck and shoulders. Children are in
their developing years and these factors can create life-long problems for them. Children will become more
violence because affected by internet games. There are too many internet games that contain violence content
and it may affect negative influence to children.

 Another disadvantage of internet is harmful to little children. Children nowadays are explored to internet and
they are used to maintain internet as their daily life. This is one of the greatest threats internet poses to children.
Internet has provided an easy medium to children to gain access to pornography and this can cause them to
either become sexually-deviant or sexually-addictive. This phenomenon has also caused another problem, and
that is the increase in prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) in children. According to reports, one out
of every four teenagers gets infected with a STD every year. The adult content that is present on the internet
promotes irresponsible sex and creates false notions in the minds of students.

 If you have been following news lately then you must know what we are referring to. Children have been lured
by paedophiles posing as good Samaritans and have been physically abused and molested. Internet has also
made it easy for unscrupulous elements to get in touch with children and this has led to an increase in the cases
of kidnapping and identity thefts. About 60% young teens in the United States have admitted to responding to
messages from strangers. This kind of behaviour is extremely risky and has made children extremely vulnerable
to become victims of cyber-crime.