Internet Application

The Internet, in simplest terms, is the large group of millions of computers around the world that are connected to one another. These computers are connected by phone lines, fiber optic lines, coaxial cable, satellites, and wireless connections. When you log on to the Internet you are given access to many of the other computers that are connected around the world. The following topic describes the services of Internet.

1. World Wide Web :

The World Wide Web is what you are using right now on Internet. The World Wide Web is the name given to the entire part of the Internet you can access with your web browser software. (Netscape  Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer are the two most popular web browsers.) The World Wide Web, or WWW or web  for short, consists of millions of web sites (like yahoo.com, microsoft.com, and google.com) and millions of web pages.

A web page is what you are viewing on web browser. It's kind of like a word-processing document, except it can contain pictures, sounds, and even movies along with text. Anyone who knows a little HTML (hyper-text markup language) or has a program capable of saving in HTML can make a web page.

2. Electronic Mail :

Electronic mail, or e-mail (and mail) for short, is one of the most popular uses of the Internet. Once you have an e-mail account you can send an electronic message to just about anyone else with an e-mail account so as long as you know their e-mail address.

If you have an internet service provider (ISP) or commercial online service you probably already have and know your e-mail address. Most e-mail addresses are set up like this: it is your username, then an @ ('at') symbol, and then a domain name (something .com, .net, or .org in most cases).

3. Chat :

Now you know all sorts of things about the Internet, But you are probably wondering, wouldn't it be nice to talk back and forth with someone without having to continuously send e-mails? Online conversations in which you are immediately able to send messages back and forth to one another is called chart.

Chatting can be  done without using telephone and talking on telephone, can cost a few cents every minute. They were probably talking about online chat. Online chat doesn't cost anything extra, as long as you have an Internet connection.