Uses of the Internet

Alma L. Figueroa

Nowadays internet has become so common that people who are unaware about internet are referred as clumsy. This is due to the speedy development of technology and globalization. Societies are becoming more and more unified. You can easily contact to the person sitting in a different country. You can share your knowledge, thoughts by making the use of an internet. Study results have also traced the popularity of internet usage. Last year’s study has wind up that email is the topmost task which is conducted online, followed by general surfing, News reading, shopping etc.

Internet shopping has also become popular amongst users especially in developed nations; this is because ‘shop on internet’ is more efficient than physically going into the stores. The internet endow with the surroundings where shopper’s demands are fulfilled. Shopping on the internet also saves time and we can select a better product without having to travel a long distance. Using the internet, shopper can scrutinize the product’s prices from various stores by sitting on one place. Also they can now shop online for the goods which normally get sold in a foreign nation. Rather than having to travel to the country to take the delivery of the goods, they can place the order online and get it efficiently delivered.

Internet also gives us the prospective to communicate effectively and efficiently. For example, sending an email costs lower than posting a letter in the mail, especially for people who have to communicate internationally. Besides this, an email can be sent within a minute after it is written. For sending a mail we don’t need to complete the official procedure such as Post Office and a mail box etc. The recipient of the email can view it at any time and from any place, as it is a virtual means of communication, as opposed to having a mail box where the letters get delivered.

Internet use is not only limited to shopping and communication with people, but it also provides the environment for news distribution and endorse the people to be updated with the latest news. We can access the data easily wherever it may be across the world. Internet is also a very good form of communication for people who want to express their own view points and feelings. For youngsters, internet is not only a place of knowledge but it also has an entertainment aspect such as online games, downloading movies, music etc. But this is not the only reason the internet appeals to the younger generation. They also agreed that the internet provides ease to research and university students. This is because a large number of articles on the same topic can be found on the internet by just one search.

To put it briefly, the popularity of the internet have contributed in the most part of development of the society. You can say that people are nowadays becoming more reliant on the internet for their day to day work. Or we can also say that they are making the use of this facility for their routine life to save time and cost. Ultimately, it’s a tool that is effective if used properly and effectively.

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