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8 8 Internet Services
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 Storage Streaming Web-based
Services Networking Gaming Services 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 WhatsApp Google Allo Facebook
instant messaging, you only communicate with people you Messenger
know whereas in a chat room, you can communicate with unknown people also.

Some popular Instant Messaging services are WhatsApp, Google Allo, and Facebook messenger.

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