Internet

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Internet Now, I want to tell you something about the Internet. My report contains the requirements, a description of the World Wide Web and the eMail. First of all I ll list the requirements. For an access to the Internet you need a multimedia computer with at least 66 megahertz and sixteen megabyte ram. Then you require a modem, an ISDN hostadapter or a connection to Teleweb. Modem stands for modulator and demodulator, ISDN stands for Integrated Services Digital Network. ISDN is the newest and fastest form to surf in the Internet via phone. Teleweb sends the signals via fibre-optic cables, that s why it s much faster than ISDN. Then you need a browser software (e.g. Microsoft Internet Explorer or the Netscape Communicator). This software is usually free. When you met the requirements you have to choose at provider. You normally get the form in shops which sell computers. After some days, you get an envelope from the provider which contains your personal login name and password. The costs are low, because the Post & Telecom Austria demands just ten to thirty Schilling per minute online. The costs for the providers are between 200 and 350 Schilling per month. For Teleweb you have to pay 590 Schilling, but there are no more costs per minute online. Now I want to tell you something about the history and the development. Internet is know by everybody since 1995, but the setting up was in 1969. The name of the net in the seventies was Arpanet and it was developed for the ...