The document discusses the internet and its importance. The internet is a global network that connects computers around the world using the TCP/IP protocols, allowing different types of machines to exchange information. Nowadays, many people use the internet for entertainment, social media, work, news, file transfers, and email. The internet emerged from military research during the Cold War years and has brought benefits like easy access to knowledge, collaboration, social inclusion, and value creation.
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1. Modulo 3-The Technological World
The internet
What is the Internet?
The Internet is a network capable of interconnecting all the computers in
the world. Whatmakes the Internetso powerfulis a computer process
that uses the acronyms TCP / IP (Transfer ControlProtocol/ Internet
Protocol). All computers that understand this language are able to
exchange information with each other. So machines of different types can
be connected, be they PC's, Mac's and Unix.
What is it for?
Nowadays the Internetis increasingly present in people's lives, not for
everyonebecause somepeople do not have the possibility to havea
computer and access the Internet, but even so many people use the
Internetfor leisure, like watching videos and playing games in
entertainment sites and also use sites like facebook to meet and talk to
people fromall over the world. On the other hand, the Internetalso
serves to work and search and get to know all the news in the world, as
well as transferring files such as music and documents and also accessing
an e-mail servicethrough Hotmail or Gmail.
When did the internet come about?
The internet emerged frommilitary research at the height of the Cold War
years (1947–1953).
What is the importance of the internet in people's lives?
The internet has brought benefits in the use of technologies with easy
access to knowledge, in collaboration between people and organizations,
in social inclusion, and in the creation of values.