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How to connect to the Internet

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How to connect to the Internet Before connecting to the Internet, you must determine the method you want to use. Are you going to be connecting to the Internet using a modem or a broadband Internet connection? Or do you want to use your smartphone to provide Internet service to your computer? Below is additional information about each of these types of connections and how to utilize them. Connecting to the Internet with a modem Connecting to the Internet using dial-up (e.g., a 56k modem) is still viable despite the growing use of broadband Internet connections. However, a dial-up connection is much slower. If you plan on doing more than the occasional web surfing or reading and sending e-mail, consider broadband. Using dial-up to connect to the Internet requires your computer to have an internal or external modem and a home phone line (landline). Note: Most new computers don't have a modem. If your computer has a modem, it should have an RJ-11 connection (not to be confused with an
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What is Internet ?

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Internet            The Internet or “Net” (network of networks) is the largest computer network in the world that connects billions of computer users. The word internet comes from combination between “interconnection” and “Network”. Network is a collection of computers and devices connected via communication channels and transmission media allow to share resources (hardware, software, data information). Generally nobody own internet. The vast collection of computer networks which form and act as a single huge networks for transport of data and messages across distances which can be anywhere from the same office to anywhere in the world. ARPA – Advanced Research Project Agency.  1969 January 2 – started an experimental Computer Network.  Concept – No Server, but equal importance/participation to every computer in the Network.  Even if, one or two node destroyed that will not affect the Network.  In 1982 the word internet started. 1986: First “freenet” created in Case Western Reserve Uni
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