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Before talking about internet, you first need to know about network. A network is a group of connected computers that allow people to share information and equipment. And there are two types of network- local area network (LAN) that is a network that connects computers within a small area, such as a building and wide area network (WAN) the one that connects computers across a large area, such as a city or country. A WAN can transmit information by using telephone line, microwave, or satellite. The internet is the largest computer network in the world and it is called a global network. The global network is not owned by a person, a company, or a country and therefore any one person or organization can not control it. The internet is a network established in the 1960s to meet the needs of the researchers working in the defense industry in the U.S.A. At that time it was called ARPANET. It was so named as it was developed in 1969 by Advance Research Projects Agency (ARPA). In 1973, ARPANET made its first international connections to England and Norway. That was the start of the internet that million people from all over the world using today.
The World Wide Web is part of the internet. It is a network of millions of computers. The web consists of a huge collection of documents stored on computers around the world. The World Wide Web is also called the Web or WWW or W3. When we access the internet we use a web browser that lets us view information on the web. Web browser is software that acts as an interface between the user and the internet. It interprets HTML code, the web’s standard formatting language, to display a web page on the screen. Most popular browsers are Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozila Firefox. A web page is a document on the web. Web pages can include text, pictures, sound, and video. A web site is a collection of Web pages maintained by a university, government agency, company, organization, or individual.
Everyone who used to access internet wonder how great is the capability of internet. We get many benefits by using internet. We can download numerous software and shareware files including songs, videos, e books and many valuable things. And we can also do chatting with other people all around the world. Although internet has many advantages, it has also possible disadvantages as there is a saying “not everything is perfect”. There are many pornographic materials which are not suitable for minors. Moreover internet can lead us to spend our valuable times by making nonsense. Internet is one of the largest sources of entertainments too.
However, it is the truth that internet makes the world a better place to live. Many people usually say that the world has become a village because of internet. As for me, I think it would be very difficult for me to live in a world that does not have internet.
Ok Then, What if we don’t have internet? I can’t answer this question. However internet is the essential thing in many environments. In fact we can live even if there is no internet. But I am sure internet becomes one part of our lives day after day. You might think that what internet can give you. You might be afraid to use it. But if you have used it for one time, you might want to use it one more time and then would feel like using it again and again. It is an attractive thing that internet is a place where it can provide the things that we want to know. Just as people say that the world has become village, we actually have the chance to know the events that are happening on the other side of the world from another side of the world. Television can give the latest news. Yes that’s right but it is limited. In the case of Internet, it can give more precise and exact information including photos and videos as well as history of that event. We can say that the world is getting smaller day by day.
As for me as soon as I wake up I always use internet. If I don’t do so I feel just like I need something. Before washing face and brushing teeth, I am usually in front of the computer. It is because I want to know what had happened to the earth while I was sleeping at night. And I also use internet before sleeping that’s why I can sleep well at that night.
Internet is really a very attractive thing. Now many people in Myanmar have become internet crazy. I think it is about nine years that internet was available in Myanmar. I think that about one million people are using internet throughout the country. Most of the internet users are young people and most of them are using internet for only chatting and many others are using internet for email and internet phone.
When I first used internet, it was very strange for me just as other people might have felt. However, today there are many students who have never used internet in my university (UCSY). I say so because in this week three of third year students have asked for help to take them to the internet cafe and teach how to use internet. All right, if it is so, what is internet? Even we know what the internet is, it is very difficult to explain others. Internet is a library. Internet is a bank. Internet is a travel agency. Internet is a football match. Internet is a cinema. Internet is a university. Internet is a game centre. Internet is a film. Internet is a ghost. Internet is a killer. Internet is a newspaper. Internet is a temple or a church. Internet is a shop. Internet is a bookstore. Internet is a place that many crimes take place. Internet is a hospital. What do I have to say if you ask me what internet is. I would say that all the above are the definitions of internet. And I should ask what you are going to do with it and your answer is the answer for you.
As for me I think internet is a place that I can get the entire thing that I want. It is a place that can give benefits as well as disadvantages to human beings. Using internet, we can learn many things or we can also waste the valuable time. I wish all people use internet usefully.