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8 Internet Services

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• Communication Services • Social Networking
• Online Gaming • Productivity Services
• Cloud File Storage Services • Media Streaming Services
• Web-based Services

Internet is a world wide network of computers that allows a user to access huge amount of
information such as text, graphics, sound and software. In today’s world, it is the primary medium of
communication and source of information.
Internet provides number of useful services which can be broadly divided into the following
categories.
Internet Services

Cloud File Media
Communication Social Online Productivity Web-based
Services Networking Gaming Services Storage Streaming Services
Services Services
COMMUNICATION SERVICES
Communication Services enable users to exchange information with individuals or groups. Email is an
important communication service available on the Internet. Let us learn about other communication
services available on Internet.
Chat Rooms

A Chat Room is a website that facilitates users to communicate with
others in real time, usually on a topic of common interest. A user need
to join a chat room on a topic of his choice and join the conversation.
Some popular websites that offer free chat room facilities are ICQ-Chat.
com and Paltalk.com. ICQ-Chat Paltalk

Instant Messaging (IM)
Instant Messaging (IM) is a real time communication service, widely used to communicate between
two or more known users over the Internet. IM allows users to send text, emoticons, images, or
videos to other users.
Instant Messaging service differs from chat room. With
instant messaging, you only communicate with people
you know whereas in a chat room, you can communicate WhatsApp Google Allo Facebook
with unknown people also. Messenger
Some popular Instant Messaging services are WhatsApp, Google Allo, and Facebook messenger.

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