The Internet in our life
The Internet is widely speeded all over the world. Millions of us have two different lives: one is in real world and other is online. The importance of the Internet can scarcely be overestimated. It gives us an ability to do and to have whatever we want. However, global network has not been always so popular.
In 2009 mankind celebrated forty years of Internet. Many of modern teens don’t even know that the Internet is military invention. It was invented in 1969 during the cold war. USA tried to make stable connections between life-centers that would survive if nuclear war happened. Thankfully it never happened and hopefully it would never happen in future. So this invention was brought to civil life.
That time computer environment was not developed so far to let Internet spread all over the world. It took about 20 years to make this step. And after invention of phone modems Internet came into our houses. Later ADSL, Cable and other modems were also invented.
Every day millions of users open their favorite websites, use e-mail and other means of connection. By the way, ease of connection is one of the greatest achievements that were given to us by internet. It is not necessary to use telephone to make international calls. Using Internet we can talk with our friends, relatives, co-workers from any country in the world.
Unfortunately nothing goes smooth in the first time. As we know, World Wide Web (WWW) is the source of information. And there is almost no censure. So there are some countries that limit usage of Internet. There are strong restrictions to visit international websites. These countries can be found in Arabic world.
The rest of us can freely use Internet as they want to. For example, you can make online purchases or sell your personal goods. You can find new friends or even love through Internet. It is a great world that made our life much easier and more interesting.
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