The Internet is a world-wide network of computers which can be accessed from any PC (with the necessary hardware / software) for the cost of a local phone call. You can exchange information with millions of other people. It first began as the ARPANET during the cold war in 1969, it was developed by the U.S Department of Defenses’s (DOD) in conjunction with a number of military contractors and universities to explore the possibility of …showed first 75 words of 369 total…

…showed last 75 words of 369 total…and communicate by typing via the keyboard and reading messages on their monitor. Creating Web pages Users can create their own web pages via online web creating programs such as Yahoo Geocites. Text Messaging Although only recently has this facility become an online feature it is rapidly becoming popular. Users can log onto such sites as www.breathe.com and www.lycos.co.uk and send free text messages (SMS) to mobile phones. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**