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... It has revolutionized the computers and communications world like nothing before. ... But a radical change took place in 1989, which changed the face of the Internet, when English computer scientist Timothy Lee introduced World Wide Web (WWW). ... Over the last few years, another feature of the Internet, which has changed the entire face of the economy, is online shopping. Online shopping is offered for almost all the products that one could think of. ... Consumer has the freedom pf paying online, or through a check. Apart from being labeled as insecure by some critics, online shopping has increased unbelievably over the last few years. To ensure the consumer privacy in regards to personal and other crucial information like credit card number and the like, most of the online businesses have a mode of encrypting the data so that no outsider can access that information. ... In brief, the Internet has proved to be one of the greatest gifts for the present world. ... The latest attempt from the government to control the flow of unacceptable material like pornography and other offensive material was the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) to ensure that children could not access material deemed “harmful to minors”. ... Online chatting is another time consuming feature of the Internet, which could go on for hours and one could eventually find him/her self addicted to it. All these points make one think to decide the allocation of time to be spent online.
Approximate Word count = 1371 Approximate Pages = 5.5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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