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Class VI
Chapter 12
Internet Services
The Internet is a world-wide system of interconnected computer network that uses
set of network protocols (rules) to reach billions of users. In 1969 the U.S. Defense
Department set ARPA-Advanced Research Project Agency. They design a network
of four computers to share data, called as ARPANET. These was the beginning of
‘Networking of Computers’ which grew bigger day by day and gave birth to
INTERNET. Firstly it was used by Engineers, Scientist and Computer experts for
research purposes, gradually the network was made available to private agencies
and public sector.
In India Internet Services started on 15th August 1995. Some of the popular
Internet Service Providers in India are BSNL, Airtel, Relience, Idea, Tata etc.
Popular Services On the Internet are as follows:
1) WWW:- World Wide Web was invented by Tim Berners-Lee in the year
1989. WWW is the part of Internet that contains websites and web pages.
Each web page contains text, graphics, audio/video and links to other web
pages.
WWW is based on Client-Server model. Clients ( computer device or
software) make a request for a web page and Server fulfill those requests.
They use certain set of rules for this called HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer
Protocol).
2) Chatting:- Chatting is an online conversation over the Internet. One can
chat through a site, chat room or instant messenger like Viber, Whatapp,
Skype etc. You can send text messages as well video chat also. You have to
install and register yourself with an account.
3) Video Conferencing:- As the name suggest, it is a visual connection
between two or more people residing in separate locations for the purpose
of communication. In this we can do face to face conversation. This
technology is mainly used for virtual meeting among group of people (not
present physically at the same place). E.g. News Channels.
4) E-Commerce:- Electronic Commerce means business of buying and selling
things over the Internet. It offers us to shop 24x7 from the comfort of our
home. We can compare products on different sites before buying. We can
buy as well as sell goods.
Some popular sites which offers online shopping are as follows:
www.amazon.com
www.flipkart.com
www.myntra.com
www.jabong.com
www.snapdeal.com etc.
5) E-Learning:- Electronic Learning enables people to learn anytime and
anywhere. Internet act as a global library for us. The study material can
contain various types of media like text, audio, video, animations. There is
no limitations of time distance and resources.
In the present scenario you can take yourself as an example of E-learning.
Some popular e-learning sites are as follows:
www.elearningforkids.com
www.byju’s.com
www.meritnation.com
www.w3schools.com etc.
6) E-banking:- Electronic banking is used to do online bank transactions
through Internet. With E-banking you can transfer money to any one’s
account, can make FDs, apply for loans etc. These transaction can be done
from any part of the world, only you need a registered online account and
internet connection.
7) Internet free calls:- You can do voice and video call to anyone using
internet connection. You need to install particular software. For example if
you are using Skype or Whatsapp, these should be installed in the devices at
both ends (to whom you are calling). You must have an account of these
also. Some software which allows you to send free messages, and videos
along with free internet calls, are as follows:
Skype, Viber, Whatsapp, Google Duo, Tango etc.
8) E-Mail:- electronic mail is a process of sending and receiving text based
messages over the Internet. You must have an e-mail address in order to
access e-mails. You can send files, images as an attachments through a
network to a specified individual or group of individuals.
It consists of two parts:
1) User name
2) Domain name
e.g. [email protected]
domain name
user name
Some popular sites which provide e-mail facility are:
www.yahoo.com
www.rediffmail.com
www.gmail.com etc.
To use e-mail facility on the Internet, one has to create a personal account by
specifying a user name, password along with some information like their
name, date of birth, address, qualification etc.
Features of E-mail:-
Compose:- to write mail.
Send:- to send e-mail to the recipient, you can send same e-mail to number
of people by using their e-mail addresses separated by commas.
Attachments:- to attach a file a paper clip icon is there at the bottom of
compose window, click on that. Open dialogue box will open, select the file
and click on open button.
Reply:- Reply is used to reply a received e-mail.
Forward: to send any received e-mail to other e-mail address.
Signature:- it automatically inserted at the bottom of every sent e-mail.
Sign out:-to come out of e-mail account.
Some important terms and facts
Tim Berners-Lee is the founder of www.
Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis are the founders of Skype.
Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal founded Flipkart in year 2007.
Paul Buchheit created Gmail.
VoIP –Voice over Internet Protocol is used to make call (free) through
internet.
www.irctc.co.in site is used to book and print Railway tickets.
Amazon.com is US based e-commerce company used for online
shopping.
PayPal is a popular payment gateway founded in the year 1998.
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Class VI
Chapter 12 Internet Services
Questions-Answers
Section A
A. Fill in the blanks:
1. A Network is an interconnection between two or more computers.
2. WWW is a collection of number of web pages.
3. Chat is an online conversation over the Internet.
4. Video Conferencing is mainly used for virtual meeting.
5. E-mail is the fastest way of sending mails.
B. State true or false:
1. Bill Gates is the founder of World Wide Web. False
2. Skype is one of the popular chat software. True
3. Attachment can be sent through e-mails. True
4. PayPal is one of the most popular E-learning software. False
5. Flipkart is a popular E-commerce company based in India. True
C. Give the full form of the following.
1. HTTP:-Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.
2. WWW:-World Wide Web.
3. URL :-Uniform Resource Locator
4. ARPANET:- Advanced Research Project Agency Network
5. INTERNET: Interconnected Network
6. ISP:- Internet Service Provider
Section B
A. Multiple choice questions:
1. In India, Internet services started on….
Ans. 15th Aug 1995.
2. Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis are the founders of….
Ans. Skype.
3. …… is a USA based popular E-commerce company.
Ans. Amazon.com
4. Gmail is owned by ….
Ans. Google
5. … is the most popular social networking site.
Ans. Facebook
B. Answer in one sentence:
Q.1 Name some popular Internet Services.
Ans. Chatting, E-mail, E-commerce, www, E-learning etc.
Q.2 What are chat rooms?
Ans. Chat rooms are places on the Internet where you can converse with
friends, relatives etc. living at distant places.
Q.3 What is a signature in an e-mail?
Ans. A signature is a bit of personalized text that is automatically inserted at the
bottom of every sent e-mail.
Q.4 Give some examples of E-learning websites.
Ans. www.elearningforkids.com
www.byju’s.com
www.topperslearning.com etc.
Q.5 What do you understand by online shopping?
Ans. The process of selling and buying products over the Internet is called
online shopping.
C. Answer the following:
Q.1 Briefly explain the term Internet.
Ans. Internet is a ‘network of network’ that consists of millions of
computers spread across the world. It allows us to share the information
worldwide.
Q.2 What do you mean by the term E-commerce?
Ans. Electronic Commerce means business of buying and selling things over
the Internet. It offers us to shop 24 x 7 from the comfort of our home. We
can compare products on different sites before buying. We can buy as well
as sell goods.
Some popular sites which offer online shopping are as follows:
www.amazon.com
www.flipkart.com
www.myntra.com
www.jabong.com
Q.3 Define the term WWW. Who is the founder of WWW?
Ans. World Wide Web is a way of accessing information via Internet. This
information is available in the form of web pages. Each web page contains
text, graphics, audio/video and links to other web pages.
Tim Berners-Lee is the founder of www.
Q.4 What do you understand by the term E-banking?
Ans. Electronic banking is used to do online bank transactions through
Internet. With E-banking you can transfer money to any one’s account, can
make FDs, apply for loans etc. These transaction can be done from any part
of the world, only you need a registered online account and internet
connection.
Q.5 Explain the concept of chatting.
Ans. Chatting is an online conversation over the Internet. One can chat
through a site, chat room or instant messenger like Viber, Whatapp, Skype
etc. You can send text messages as well video chat also. You have to install
and register yourself with an account.
Q.6 Write a short note on Internet free calls.
Ans. You can do voice and video call to anyone using internet connection.
You need to install particular software. For example if you are using Skype
or Whatsapp, these should be installed in the devices at both ends (to whom
you are calling). You must have an account of these also. Some software
which allows you to send free messages, and videos along with free internet
calls, are as follows:
Skype, Viber, Whatsapp, Google Duo, Tango etc.
Q.7 Describe the term Video Conferencing.
Ans. As the name suggest, it is a visual connection between two or more
people residing in separate locations for the purpose of communication. In
this we can do face to face conversation. This technology is mainly used for
virtual meeting among group of people (not present physically at the same
place). E.g. News Channels.
Q.8 What are the features of Electronic Mail? Name any two websites
that provide the E-mail facility.
Ans. Features of E-mail:-
Compose:- to write mail.
Send:- to send e-mail to the recipient
Attachments:- to attach a file
Reply:- Reply is used to reply a received e-mail.
Forward: to send any received e-mail to other e-mail address.
Signature:-It automatically inserted at the bottom of every sent e-mail.
Sign out:-To come out of e-mail account.
Websites name:
www.gmail.com
www.rediffmail.com
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