Computers – Internet 3.

Computers – Internet 3.

1. Who first developed Internet?
It was the army who first developed Internet for military purposes and only later it was used also for world-wide communication in the civil sector.

2. What is Internet?
Internet is one of the most interesting and most important contemporary media. It reminds of
a spider web spread around the whole planet which electronically connects millions of computers.

3. What are other names for Internet?
Internet is also called a world-wide web (www) or simply Net (short for Internet).

4. What is Internet used for? (give the main functions)
(a) for communication with one or many people on the opposite side of the Earth at the same time.
(b) for looking up information: it can provide millions of pages on almost all fields of human activity.
(c) for entertainment: you can find there games, song lyrics or jokes.
(d) for searching addresses: if you don’t know the exact address where to find particular information.

5. What special programs can you use for searching addresses? (give specific names)
For searching addresses, the following searching programs can be used: Yahoo, Google, Alta-vista are mostly used abroad; Seznam, Centrum, Volny, Tiscali are mostly used in our country