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The Internet Today Module 2 Section 2
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Reasons of Success?? Simple freedom Cheap
No bosses, no board of directors, no censors Cheap Each person is responsible for their own machine and line Capabilities provided are popular
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Metcalfe’s Law The value of a network is proportional to the square of the numbers of it’s users
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Original Uses Short Message Transfer Remote Login File Transfer
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Today’s Uses of the Internet
Discussion groups File transfer Telecommuting Research Chat Finance Shopping/Commerce Advertising Entertainment Education Electronic publishing
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Impacts of WWW Opening of access to information
Reduction of delay for information Leveling of traditional interaction hierarchies Evolution of hypertext Text is no longer linear Search time is reduced Multimedia resources
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Advantages Reduced need for transportation Saves money
Exposure to things not available before Reach more people
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Everyday Uses of Computer Technology – 1980’s
Word processing – document preparation Telecommuting Children’s games – recreation
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Everyday Uses – 1990’s Children’s school work, education
Adult remote education at home Family communications, correspondence Reading news events, casual reading Family travel, recreation Family records
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Everyday Uses – 1990’s Home banking, financial management
In-store and other purchases ATM, debit card Home shopping TV, on-line services, telephone Trading on the stock market
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Everyday Uses - Future Household automated tasks Smart home
Smart appliances Home robotics Home information systems
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Disadvantages Reliability Privacy Secure transfers of information
Equity, cost, and universal access Stalking Identity theft Offensive material and libel Censorship Illegal activity – viruses, theft, piracy, gambling Intellectual property and Copyright
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References Use of Internet Internet future
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