Uses of internet

1. USES OF INTERNET
Sheenam
M.A Economics
4
th
Semester

2. What is Internet?
•The Internet is a computer network made up of
thousands of networks worldwide.
•Internet is the world’s largest computer
network, the network of networks, scattered all
over the world.
•Internet has been coined from two terms,
interconnectionand network.

3. How was Internet developed?
•Internetwasborninlate1960’s
•TheinternethasitsrootintheARPANETsystemof
theAdvancedResearchProjectAgencyofU.S.
DepartmentofDefensewhichlinkedtogether
mainframecomputerstoformacommunication
networks.
•ARPANETisknownastheforefatherofinternet.

4. Uses of Internet
1.Social Networking
–Provides medium for people to
connect and interact with each
other.
–Facebook, Twitter, Myspace,
Instagram, Google+
(positive addiction or negative
addiction)

5. 2.Communication
–Chat and video chat
–Chat with your contacts directly within
Gmail.
–You can even talk face-to-face with built-in
video chat.
–Interact with peers, experts, and other
audiences
–Online submission of assignments and file
sharing

6. 3.Career Development
–Many students use the internet to either start
planning their careers, or furthering their
careers.
–Many websites exist to help a student decide
on college courses that fit their expected
careers.

7. 4.Videos.
–Broadcast yourself!
–Tutorials from where people can learn more
effectively and innovatively than books.
5.Publish yourself.
–People want to publicize their work so that its
reaches maximum number of people.

8. 6.Education.
–There are a number of books, reference books,
online help centres, expert’s views and other
study oriented material on the internet.
–Distance learning.

9. 7.Research
–Gathering, analyzing and sharing information
–The Internet is a wealth of information and is
one of the best ways to find information fast and
efficiently.

10. 8.Updated on the latest news.
–the news and other happenings that
may be on-going in different parts
of the world
–Updates in every field. (sports,
politics etc)

11. 9. Financial Transactions
-Internet Banking
-Payment of Bills
-more cyber crime
-more security
More
Devices
Bigger
Network
More
Crime
More
Security

12. Other uses:-
Shopping
Online bookings
Job search
Leisure
And many more..

13. THANK YOU