what the internet can do for us？

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1、WHATTHEINTERNETCANDOFORUS？　　WhatcanInternetdoforus？TheInternethasthefollowingfourmajorapplications：　　1.E-mail　　EmailOntheInternet，peoplecancompose，sendandreceiveemails.Manypeoplereceiveadozenofemailseveryday，whichsignificantlyexceedsthenumberofphonecallsandsnai

2、l-pacedaveragemails.Peopleregardisasthemajormethodtocommunicatewiththeoutsideworld.　　2.News　　NewsNewsgroupsareforumsoflimitedscopewhereusersofthesameinterestcancommunicateinformation.OntheInternet，thereareoverathousandtechnicalandnon-technicalnewsgroups，whichco

3、vercomputer，science，entertainment，politics，andotherspecialsubjects.　　3.Remotelogin　　RemoteaccessOntheInternet，theuserscanaccesstheothercomputersthathavetheiraccountsfromanywherebyusingTelnet，Rloginorotherprograms.　　4.Filetransfer　　FiletransmissionOntheInternet，

4、filescanbecopiedfromonecomputertoanothercomputerthroughFTP.Hugeamountofarticles，databasesandotherinformationcanalsobetransmittedthroughthismethod.　　TheNetworkComputer　　Networkcomputer，alsoknownas“Internettoaster”，“Internetappliance”，or“Internetdevice”，isanaffor

5、dableandmaintenance-freedesktopdevice.TheuserscaneasilyconnectitwiththeInternetandonlineresources.Onthedesktopdevice，theycanshareanyresourcesandcompletethecurrentcomputingtasksthatarerequiredtobedoneonthePC.　　Networkcomputerissimpleindesign，andallthesoftwareand

6、hardwarethatmakestheusingofPCcomplicatedisdispensedwith.Onlythenetworkaccessanddisplayfunctionsareretained.Asamatteroffact，networkcomputerreliesonthenetworkintermsofsoftware，services，processing，dataandresources.Thishaseliminatedtheneedforcontinuouslyupgradethes

7、oftwareandhardwareofthedesktop，andhasshiftedtheburdentothenetwork.　　Doyouneedthelatestwordprocessingsoftwareorelectronicformprocessingsoftware？Justdownloadthemfromtheserver.Doyouneedtosavewhatyouhavedone？Youjustneedtouploadittothenetwork，whereitwillbesecurelyst

8、oredandbackedup.　　Firewall：anetworksecuritymeasure　　WiththepopularizationoftheInternet，thesecurityofthenetworkbecomesincreasinglydifficulttomaintain，andthedestructionofthene