Section 58
Internet
1 The Internet is the latest innovation in computing communication.
2 People call it the net or WWW, which means World Wide Web.
3 The Internet can provide very quick access to a mass of data.
4 By using one of the many search engines on the web, we can get information about almost anything you can imagine.
5 You simply type in a word or phrase to describe what you are seeking.
6 Then the web will give you many choices of where to find what you want.
7 Then you scroll down the list of suggestions and choose what you think is right.
8 The whole process takes just a minute or so, in some cases it takes just seconds.
9 Usually when you find what you want, it will direct you to other similar links.
10 Most people also use the net for Email, Electronic Mail.
11 This enables us to send letters in a matter of seconds rather than days.
12 All that is needed is your Email address and the Email address of person you want to write to.
13 Advertising is very big on the Internet now, too. All big companies do it.
14 Business to business, B to B, and ECommerce are becoming new ways of doing business transactions.
15 Shopping on the net is becoming popular too.