What is Internet??

The  Internet is a network of many computer networks. It connects LANs, WANs and even our own personal computer. This is also called the information super highway. We can access any information from any place at anytime on the Internet. We can  download to our PC the research paper from a foreign university, send mails to the friends and relatives,  watch a movie deposit of withdraw money online and sell or buy products and services.

• The  Internet is often referred to as the " Information Super highway".
• No one owns the Internet, but everyone connected to it owns a part of it.
• It is not governed by any central authority but there are agencies and societies that perform coordinating  functions, such as the registration of domain names.
• It 1988, there were about 1 million people who could access the Internet, Currently, there are more than 600 million internet connections, divided across almost every country in the world.
• The websites produced by various institutions, business organizations and private users cover just about every imaginable topic.
• The Internet was developed in 199 by Advanced Research Projects Agency(ARPA) as a communications network for US military. Soon after other government agencies, collages and research companies began using the Internet for various purposes like

1. Email
2. File Transfer
3. Remote login facilities
4.  Internet Relay Chat allows groups of people to communicate with each other in real -time
5. Video conferencing technology.                                               

In order to avail these facilities, our PCs must be connected to the Internet. Therefore, we have to subscribe to the Internet. There are many Internet service providers around the globe, In India, VSNL ( Videsh Sanchar NIgam Limited ) provides Intrnet services. There are many other organizations that provide Internet Services.

Internet Service in India was started on 15th August 1995