The main Internet technologies.

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This report will focus on the available technologies in the two areas of: Business and Organizations and Entertainment and Leisure. This report will briefly describe the technologies that are available in the two areas of Business and organizations & Entertainment and Leisure. In using this method and not looking at the two areas individually, I will not be repeating some of the technologies that are available to both areas such as the Internet and this will in turn enable me to include more of the technologies that are available in the two areas.

The main Internet technologies.

E–mail – available in the areas of Business and organisations & Entertainment and Leisure.

        E – mail stands for electronic mail and it is used to send messages from one terminal to another i.e. a computer user can send messages to another computer user. The message can be sent to another terminal in the same building, or to one in a completely different part of the World. To communicate using e-mail you need to have an e-mail address of your own, each user has a unique e-mail address. If you are not connected to an Internet e-mail system then you need to be connected to the Internet. You will also need to know the e-mail address of the person who will receive the e-mail. You can write the e-mail message using special software that is normally provided as part of your Internet connection. The e-mail is then sent and stored on the file server (where data is stored) of the recipient’s Internet service provider. As soon as the person to whom you have sent the message logs onto the system they can access their mailbox and read any messages that have been sent to them. E-mails are usually short, to-the-point messages. Files (i.e. text, pictures, music, video clips etc) can be sent with the message as an attachment. Numerous files can be attached to an e-mail, so if you had five photographs to send, you could attach them and send them all at once.

Some Advantages of e-mail over conventional mail (snail mail):

  • Messages arrive much faster (within a few seconds), as mail is sent immediately and a reply can be sent as soon as the receiver checks their e-mail. Ordinary post takes several days.
  • E-mails are quicker to write because they lack the formal structure of a letter.
  • You can attach a copy of the sender’s e-mail with your reply, so this saves them having to search for the original message.
  • E-mail is cheaper than a letter. No stamp, envelope or paper is needed. It is also time saving, so this also makes e-mail cheaper. Even if the e-mail is sent across the World it will not cost any more than a local e-mail.
  • You do not have to go out to a post box – can be sent from home (this is an advantage if the weather is bad or if you have a disability). Can also be sent at any time of the day or night.
  • You do not have to buy or waste time shopping for stamps, envelopes and paper.
  • One message can be sent to a number of users (using mailing lists).
  • Attachment files can be sent.
  • You can also write or receive e-mail from any connected computer in the World, wherever you are; you don’t have to be at home unlike mail.

Some Disadvantages of e-mail:                                                

  • Not everyone has the equipment to send and receive e-mail. However, with Internet access from televisions, land line phones and mobile phones (WAP) it will soon take over from traditional post.
  • Junk mail is a problem. You can waste time looking through e-mails that are just adverts.
  • E-mails are not as secure as traditional letters – not suitable to send legal documents etc.
  • The system relies on people checking their e-mail regularly.
  • The technology involved may deter non-technical people from using e-mail.
  • The equipment to send and receive e-mail is quite expensive compared with traditional methods.
  • E-mail attachments can contain viruses, which can cause vast damage and be expensive.
  • You cannot send physical objects.

        E-mail affects the way we work in that companies can pass info to employees far quicker and they can check that all employees have read the info by putting attactchments on the e-mail. Also, it provides easy and cheap means by which to contact customers, suppliers, etc, both near and all over the World and this in turn saves companies vast expenditure on things such as mail and calls. Also, e-mail now means that product information can be sent to customers immediately, which is convenient, effective and time saving. E-mail also makes it far easier and quicker to communicate with people, which aids businesses greatly and is also a convenience for people at home. For people who find themselves at home most of the time either though illness or disability, e-mail enables them to keep in touch with a wide range of people instantly.

E-mail has become far more accessible over time and more companies are using it more and more. With the growth of home computers people are using e-mail at home more and more so you don’t have to be in work to access your e-mail. In the near future I expect e-mail will become even more accessible with technologies such as Wap and more and more people will have an e-mail address as well as a postal address.

The Internet, the Intranet and the World Wide Web (WWW) - available in the areas of Business and organisations & Entertainment and Leisure.

Many people use the terms Internet and World Wide Web interchangeably, but in fact the two terms are not synonymous. The Internet and the Web are two separate but related things.

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The Internet is a global network of networks, a networking infrastructure. It connects millions of computers together globally, forming a network in which anyone who has access to it can access websites throughout the World and correspond with anyone connected to it by using e-mail. You can access almost any kind of information on this network, from the latest news and sports results to research information on a certain illness. Information that travels over the Internet does so via a variety of languages known as .                                                                                                         There is also a technology called the intranet, this is like a private Internet. It is like ...

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