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What’s Inside?

In this chapter, you will learn about:
: Stand alone and networked computers
: Internet
: World Wide Web
: E-mail
: Devices needed to connect to the internet
: Web browser
: Important internet terms

Rahul, in the present age of information technology, use of
internet has become quite popular for accessing information on
any topic of your interest. So, let's study about internet.

STAND ALONE AND NETWORKED COMPUTERS

A Stand Alone Computer is one that is not connected
to any other computer in any way. Such computers

work independently and cannot share data and
hardware devices with other computers directly.

When two or more stand alone computers are
connected together in such a way that they can share

data and hardware resources with each other, they
become Networked Computers .

Need of Networked Computers

Connecting computers into a network offers many advantages. Some of the
main advantages of networked computers together are given below.

Advantages of Networking

1. A network allows its users to share softwares, games, videos and other

entertainment programs.

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