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Internet

In our society, information is perceived as an enormous asset. What we don’t realize is that in a few years much of what we know will become obsolete. Because of this, we need to be updating our information and skills so it is accurate and dependable. To do this we are going to depend greatly upon the Internet. The Internet is a vast information system connecting millions of computers worldwide allowing people to communicate, conduct business, research, shop, etc. There is a good chance that every piece of information we would ever need is on the Internet, we just need to learn how to access it. Here are some examples of how the Internet is used and what types of communication groups are used as well.

stargold.gif (888 bytes) Discussion resources (mailing lists and newsgroups)

stargold.gif (888 bytes) References resources (Gopher and the World Wide Web)

stargold.gif (888 bytes) E-mail

stargold.gif (888 bytes) Discussion groups

stargold.gif (888 bytes) News (national, regional, local); (business, sporting, political, etc.)

stargold.gif (888 bytes) Travel

stargold.gif (888 bytes) Weather

stargold.gif (888 bytes) Classifieds, Personals, Yellow Pages

stargold.gif (888 bytes) Chat Rooms