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Emails are also known as electronic mail, this is a way of exchanging computer messages by telecommunication. Emails are usually encoded in ASCII text.

Emails can be sent to more than one recipient at the same time, this makes it less time consuming and it is also easier to do, this way all the same information can be passed on without any errors.

Posting a letter takes a long time whereas emails are quicker to send, and can be read during the day or night.

Emails also help collaborative working as you can use emails to keep in touch with everyone and with work if you are working in a team, work can be exchanged easily.

When sending an email it is logged under sent emails and when receiving it could be saved in a folder or just in the inbox, there are many options available when using emails.

Emails don’t cost to send or read, they can be read anywhere and are used worldwide, which means an email could be sent to the other side of the world and could be read within a few minutes as long as they have an email address too.

Forums

Forums are like an online open discussion board really helpful for collaborative working as you can post your work and then another person could come along; provide suggestions on thoughts, opinions and improvements if needed.

Getting opinions on topics from other users and they can prove to be really helpful, forums can be accessed by anyone and also be posted on social networking sites which could engage a variety of audience. Forums come in different sizes and also shapes.

Chat rooms

A chat room is an online open discussion website where you can discuss different issues with many different people at the same time, people who join the chat room vary from different parts of the world, this way you can share opinions and thought amongst others.

With chat rooms you can post a message but doesn’t have the capacity for interactive messaging. In a chat room you can get a answer to a question or give your though or opinion on a particular topic, which may interest you.

You can work collaboratively as you are interacting with other people it may be friends or other users using the chat room.

VLE’s

A VLE (virtual learning environment) is a programme that is mainly accessed through the internet that can help you when you are at home or out the reach of a programme that you will need to do your work on, if you have missed work it is a way of catching up. When using a VLE you can access it anytime, it provides you with different tools which apply to the programme, so you can do your work with any hassle; these are mostly found in colleges, schools and universities.

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Intranet

An Intranet is a computer network that uses the same technology and protocols as the Internet but is restricted to certain users. Intranets are fast, easy to use and don’t cost a lot to run, many tools are available and you can connect it to many systems too.

With the intranet you can have easy access to company data which employee’s might find useful to have, on a webpage manuals can be printed to whom may need them which is saving money, employees can communicate between ...

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