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INTERNET Everybody loves the Internet! In just a few years the linking together of millions of small computer networks has revolutionized communication and changed lives in ways that most people never dreamed of. Family and friends who are across the world from each other can keep in touch daily. Homebound people can attend college online. News enthusiasts can keep up to date with what is happening in the world by reading articles in as many different newspapers as they want. It is said that information passed over the Internet has kept totalitarian states from wielding power over their citizens by letting the world into their countries and making the plight of their countries be known to the world. The Internet makes available to users the World Wide Web that contains the almost limitless number of documents, which are accessible by a touching a few computer keys and learning a few simple instructions. The Internet, with its many available services such as email, does not require specialized knowledge in order to be usable by anyone. From simple beginnings, with a little experimentation, people can become as adept as they want to be in the use of the Internet. Search engines are the doorways into the Internet and there are many of them. When you click on the Internet access icon on your computer at least one, probably two or three, search engines will be right there. All you need to do is type in the subject in which you're interested and once again you will have a choice of documents to choose from. After that your problem will not be trying to find information, but having almost too much information from which to choose. What an exciting problem! If you are reading this, of course, you have already managed to access the
Internet. How much you want to learn about it now is up to you! Websites The history of the Internet, email and online technology. History and information from some of the founders of the Internet. Sub Categories
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