Overview Of The Internet (Advantages And Disadvantages Of The Internet)

Definition of the internet

The Internet is a worldwide collection of networks that links millions of businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and individual.

• Internet is a world-wide global system of interconnected computer networks. Internet uses the standard Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).

• Every computer in internet is identified by a unique IP address.IP Address is a unique set of numbers (such as 110.22.33.114) which identifies a computer location

• A special computer DNS (Domain Name Server) is used to give name to the IP Address so that user can locate a computer by a name.

• For example, a DNS server will resolve a name http://www.tutorialspoint.com to a particular IP address to uniquely identify the computer on which this website is hosted. Internet is accessible to every user all over the world.

Advantages and disadvantages of internet

Advantages	Disadvantages
Software Downloads:	Virus threat:
You can freely download software like utilities, games, music, videos, movies, etc from the Internet.	Computers attached to Internet are more prone to virus attacks and they can end up into crashing your whole hard disk.
Online Services:	Social Disconnect:
Perform all your transactions online.	People now only meet on social networks.
Can book tickets for a movie, transfer funds, pay utility bills.	More and more people are getting engaged with virtual world and drifting apart from their friends and family.
Make a hotel or flight reservation right from your home.
E-mail:	Dangers involved when children using the Internet :
People can sent messages. It is delivered instantly to people anywhere in the world, unlike traditional mail that takes a lot of time.	When children talk to others online, they do not realize they could actually be talking to a harmful person. Plus, there are thousands of pornographic sites on the Internet that can be easily found.
Information resources:	Theft of Personal information:
Can find any information on almost any kind of subject that you are looking for by using search engines like Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc.	Your personal information such as your name, address, credit card, bank details and other information can be accessed by an irresponsible  people for their own benefit.