The Internet is a large group of computers that are connected to

each other. The Internet is used to send information quickly between

computers around the world

It has millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks and websites, which together carry many

different kinds of information (facts and details) and services. So in other words, the Internet is a network of networks.

In 2009 mankind celebrated forty years of Internet. Many of modern teens don’t even know that the Internet is military invention.

It was invented in 1969 during the cold war. USA tried to make stable connections between life-centers that would survive if nuclear war happened. Thankfully it never happened and hopefully it would never happen in future. So this invention was brought to civil life.

Every day millions of users open their favorite websites, use e-mail and other means of connection

Internet addiction is a

serious problem of our days, especially

among teens

By the way, ease of connection is one of the greatest achievements that were given to us by internet. It is not necessary to use telephone to make international calls. Using Internet we can talk with our friends, relatives, co-workers from any country in the world.

Newspapers and magazines

Newspaper is a publication that presents and comments on the news. Newspapers play an important role in shaping public opinion and

informing people of current events.

Many dailies are morning papers, others are afternoon papers. Sunday issues of the dailies are usually larger than the weekday ones. They may include special sections on such topics as entertainment, finance and travel or Sunday magazine, a guide to TV programmes, colored comics. The major dailies in the US are "Christian Science Monitor", "New York Times", "USA Today", "Wall Street Journal", "Washington Post".

There are daily newspapers and weekly newspapers. Daily newspapers print world, national and local news.

There are two main types of newspapers: the "popular" papers and the "quality" papers.

The popular papers are less in size, with many pictures, big headlines and short articles. They are easy to read. They are such papers as "Daily Express", "Daily mail", "Daily Mirror", "Daily Star", "The Sun" and others.

The popular papers are less in size, with many pictures, big headlines and short articles. They are easy to read. They are such papers as "Daily Express", "Daily mail", "Daily Mirror", "Daily Star", "The Sun" and others.