There are different types of
internet services, below are the list of common internet services
2. TELNET
3. ELECTRONIC MAIL
4. FTP - FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL
5. CHAT
6. NEWSGROUPS
1. WORLD WIDE WEB
Many people use the terms Internet and World Wide
Web, or just the Web, interchangeably, but the two terms are not synonymous.
The World Wide Web is a global set of documents, images and other resources,
logically interrelated by hyperlinks and referenced with Uniform Resource
Identifiers (URIs). URIs symbolically identifies services, servers, and other
databases, and the documents and resources that they can provide. Hypertext
Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is the main access protocol of the World Wide Web, but
it is only one of the hundreds of communication protocols used on the Internet.
Web services also use HTTP to allow software systems to communicate in order to
share and exchange business logic and data.
World Wide Web browser software, such as Microsoft's
Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Apple's Safari, and Google Chrome,
lets users navigate from one web page to another via hyperlinks embedded in the
documents. These documents may also contain any combination of computer data,
including graphics, sounds, text, video, multimedia and interactive content
that runs while the user is interacting with the page. Client-side software can
include animations, games, office applications and scientific demonstrations.
Through keyword-driven Internet research using search engines like Yahoo! and
Google, users worldwide have easy, instant access to a vast and diverse amount
of online information. Compared to printed media, books, encyclopaedias and
traditional libraries, the World Wide Web has enabled the decentralization of
information on a large scale.
2.
TELNET
A terminal
emulation program for TCP/IP networks such as the Internet.
The Telnet program runs on your computer and connects your PC to a server on the
network. You can then enter commands through the Telnet program and they will
be executed as if you were entering them directly on the server console. This
enables you to control the server and communicate with other servers on the
network. To start a Telnet session, you must log in to a server by entering a
valid username and password. Telnet is a common way to remotely control Web servers.
3.
Electronic
mail
Email is an
important communications service available on the Internet. The concept of
sending electronic text messages between parties in a way analogous to mailing
letters or memos predates the creation of the Internet. Pictures, documents and
other files are sent as email attachments. Emails can be send to multiple email
addresses.
4. FTP - FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard
Internet protocol for transmitting files between computers on the Internet.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is an application protocol that uses the
Internet's TCP/IP protocols. FTP is commonly used to transfer Web page files
from their creator to the computer that acts as their server for everyone on
the Internet. It's also commonly used to download programs and other files to
your computer from other servers.
As a user, you can use FTP with a simple
command line interface (for example, from the Windows MS-DOS Prompt window) or
with a commercial program that offers a graphical user interface. Your Web
browser can also make FTP requests to download programs you select from a Web
page. Using FTP, you can also update (delete, rename, move, and copy) files at
a server. You need to logon to an FTP server. However, publicly available files
are easily accessed using anonymous FTP.
Basic FTP support is usually provided as
part of a suite of programs that come with TCP/IP. However, any FTP client
program with a graphical user interface usually must be downloaded from the
company that makes it.
5. CHAT
On the Internet, chatting is talking to
other people who are using the Internet at the same time you are. Usually, this
communication is the exchange of
typed-in messages requiring one site as the repository for the messages and a
group of users who take part from anywhere on the Internet. In some cases, a
private chat can be arranged between two parties who meet initially in a group
chat. Chats can be ongoing or scheduled for a particular time and duration.
Most chats are focused on a particular topic of interest and some involve guest
experts or famous people who "talk" to anyone joining the chat.
Chats are conducted on online services, by
bulletin board services, and by Web site such Facebook. Several Web sites,
notably Talk City, exist solely for the purpose of conducting chats. Some chat
sites such as Worlds Chat allow participants to assume the role or appearance
of an avatar in a simulated or virtual reality environment.
Talk City and many other chat sites use a
protocol called Internet Relay Chat. A chat can also be conducted using sound
or sound and video, assuming you have the bandwidth access and the appropriate
programming.
6. NEWSGROUP
A newsgroup is a continuous public
discussion about a particular topic. You can join a newsgroup at any time to
become part of a huge conversation between hundreds or even thousands of
people. Example of newsgroup in Malaysia http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/,
www.businessme.com.my/Computers/Newsgroups/, pelaburansilver.com
Newsgroups originated in North Carolina
back in 1979. That's when a couple of Duke University students hooked a few
computers together to start an exchange of information with other UNIX users.
Just down the road at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, another
student was writing software that could be used to distribute the information.
Eventually, the work of these three students became the first bastion of
newsgroups, termed Usenet.
ARTICLE BY
HEYWOOD JEHIA
2010175753
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