The Internet

The Internet is a World Wide Web (WWW) of computers exchanging information with each other through telecommunication. It has an impact on our daily lives. With the use of Internet; life has become easier and smoother. It has totally reduced distance.Basically Internet is a global electronic community for millions of interconnected computer networks.

It has three main uses-as a means of communication, as a mammoth storehouse of information of any kind, and as a new medium of commerce for buying and selling goods. Today man cannot think life without internet. We can get any information on any topic in a matter of seconds.

Software applications like e-mail,chat,instant messaging and video conferencing have brought people  living in far off places together in a virtual world where distances do not matter anymore. Recent estimates put the number of internet users at 30 billion all over the world.

Internet can provide the latest information on   education,sports,entertainment,science,medicine,general knowledge etc in seconds.

Internet has also provided an exciting and easy mode of communication known as Electronic mailing system (e-mail)

A person sitting in New York can purchase an item in an on-line store that can be delivered to somebody else in Kolkata in a matter of a couple of hours.

It has become so popular because it provides information, communication and entertainment in an economical and attractive manner.It has made our life easy,comfortable,pleasurable and luxurious.

Now the world is truly becoming a global village.