Chapter 1 - Internet and  E-Commerce

Question- What do you understand by Internet? Discuss its basis services. Give the reasons for popularity of the Internet.

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 What is Internet?

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Internet

The Internet is a network of computers. Its links many different types of computers all over the world. Internet is a network of networks sharing a common mechanism for addressing computers, and a common set of communication protocols for communication between two computers on the network. Internet provides a worldwide collection or networks, linked with each other to share information by using a common set of protocols. The internet opens up the opportunity for people all over the world to get linked inexpensively and consistently. Since internet is a large network, it is an enables of e-commerce as it allows business to showcase and sell their products, online. It gives Potential customers, prospects and business partners access to information about the business firms and their products.

Internet is a worldwide system of computer networks-a network of networks in which users at any one computer can, if they have permission, get information from any other computer. With the introduction of the concept of "Information Superhighway", a revolutionary way was found to access a wealth of information and to interaction with the people around the world from a home or office computer. Since that time, there has been exponential growth in the number of people obtaining connections to the global network, The backbone of this network is something called the Internet, a collection of interconnected networks all using the Internet Protocol Suite. The Internet, an umbrella term covering countless networks and services that comprise a super-network, is a global network of computer networks. but s PrepThe Internet is a global network of computer networks, linking computers to computers. It is the hardware, software and telecommunications technology that links together computers all over the globe, so that documents and files residing on one computer can be transported to and viewed on other computers. Moreover, because of the way it allows communication between people (through e-mail, chat rooms, etc.) as well as the option of "publishing" one's ideas, it is sometimes called an "open information resource".

The internet is a vast, constantly changing electronic primordial "soup" that lacks quality control and systematic organization. It sometimes called simply "the Net," is a worldwide system of computer networks-composed of other networks and individual computers in which users at any one computer can, if they have permission, get information from any other computer. The internet makes use of the TCP/IP protocol suite (to be covered later) in order to perform connections and communication. ICANN is the technical coordinating body of the internet, Network Solutions used to be responsible for assigning domain names and IP addresses, This funcation has been taken over by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers which is a division of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

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