The document discusses many uses of the internet including data storage, communication, research, web archiving, entertainment, e-commerce, social networking, advertising, file sharing, website publication, file and application downloads, personnel searching, applications updating, instant messaging, video conferencing, online discussions, and news forums. It provides examples for many of these uses such as Google Docs for data storage and YouTube and iTunes for entertainment. The internet allows individuals and companies to benefit from these uses in their work and personal lives.