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The Internet (Part I)
INTERNET SPECIFICS
The Internet supports a variety of services, sometimes called applications, utilities, or tools. The most important are:
Electronic Mail (E-mail). This is the most popular Internet application. Using E-mail allows you to send and receive "mail" messages to or from anyone on the net, anywhere in the world, with no "long-distance" charges! (What a business tool!) A message may be sent to one person or a number of individuals. A message may be a few words or include large text or graphic files as an attachment. Available software makes this tool very easy to use and in most cases, the software will be free. The mail software I use is called Eudora. A free version (for personal use) is easily downloaded from the Internet. A commercial version is also available.
Most E-mail messages are delivered within minutes (to anywhere in the world!) and the cost is probably less than sending a letter and certainly less than a telephone call. There is no charge to send E-mail beyond your normal Internet provider monthly charges. In many cases, E-mail can also replace a FAX.
You should remember that E-mail messages, like having a conversation on a portable or cellular telephone, are not private and can be read by others. Some systems will encrypt mail messages but don't count on this ... simply assume your message will be read by someone other than the recipient.
You will be assigned an E-mail address by your Internet provider. For example, my E-mail address is: bobs@isquare.com. Kind of strange looking but you can generally choose the portion prior to the "@." For example, John Reader might use "JReader."
WWW. (World Wide Web). This is the fastest growing area of the Internet and where you will spend 95% of your time. The WWW displays both text and graphics and utilizes a concept called "hypertext." Hypertext allows you to use your mouse to click on certain highlighted words on the WWW screen, which immediately takes you to another place in that document or to another site on the Internet! This is called "linking" and is a very powerful tool.
The WWW uses universal resource locators (URL's) as addresses (for example, my WWW URL address is: http://www.isquare.com). Most browsers, like Netscape or Explorer allow you to enter these URL's directly and you will be taken to that site. Some interesting and useful URL's are listed at the end of this article for you to try.
FTP. This application, File Transfer Protocol, allows you to send or obtain files from many computers on the Internet.
ARCHIE. This application is a search system that scans all the file names on all FTP sites in the world. With it you can find where specific files are located or if they exist.
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