INTERNET
Internet is a very recent thing which came in late 80s. With the advent of computer the concept of internet i.e world wide network came into the world.The term “Internet” was coined by Vinton Cerf, Yogen Dalal and Carl Sunshine at Stanford University to describe a global transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP) network, or the rules that allow for information to be sent back and forth over the Internet.
As the technological advancement took place, the urge to know more increased, so people started learning how to use computer. The size of the computers in the beginning was giant so was the difficulty to handle it as it required specialization in computer language and programming. Gradually the size and the complexity reduced and it became user friendly. In the present scenario it is the need of the hour in almost all countries. The things such as files, recordings, documents etc., have become so easier to send and receive without actually physically visiting the place.The people who are miles away can be contacted in few seconds. The relative working over the internet has become far more easier, cheaper and faster. The IT companies boomed with the internet . Earlier internet was limited to computers but now it can be accessed through laptops, palmtops, tablets and even mobiles .
CHANGES AND IMPACTS OF INTERNET
Internet has made world closer and even smaller to large extend. The geographical, political, social and even cultural barrier doesn't stop you from sharing your ideas, creativity, your position on various topics. It makes easier to reach out to the world in short span of time and discuss things that affects us in good or bad ways.The people of different countries,states, cities, culture, tribes, caste etc., get to know each other better. We tend to find people with all kinds of opinions and eventually get all aspects of things which we alone could not have actually thought of. Its easier to gather a lot of information with less efforts as compared to the tedious work of searching matter in the books from libraries.
It has reduced transportation cost, made things paperless, it easier to circulate things to as many people as possible with just a click of the button. The compatibility of text, audio, video, graphics altogether makes the work more interesting and even understandable.It gives us platform to know the world better and avail the opportunities coming in our way. In case of india the scheme like digital india, UPI and BHIM is an effort to make less cash society, which is taking the country towards development in great way out.
Despite all this it too has some drawbacks as: it takes away the real process of learning as when we read books search of it we tend to learn a lot in turn. Excess use of digital technologies can have bad effect on our eyes and health too. The people have become lazy and even stopped interacting much physically as most of the time they are in virtual world and in just 1 sec they can get the answer to the desired question so whats the point of actually meeting. They spend more time with mobiles than with people they share connections of love , friendship etc,. Children have stopped playing in fields rather majority of them are cell phones worms. There are also privacy threats of the data that we share online.
I would conclude by saying that even though it has some issues as everything has positives and negatives .But in overall it has made world more advanced, developed and even enhanced its efficiency and economy.
Ravina Richards
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