Friday, 1 March 2013

Internet Communications

Various forms of communications on the Internet

Exmples:
E-mailing
• Chatting
• Conferencing (audio and video)
• Net Meeting
• Newsgroup
• Forum

Email

E-mail, short for electronic mail is the transmission of messages and files via a computer network.

A user utilises an email programme to create, send, receive, forward, store, print and delete email messages.

Some emails are web-based emails like Yahoo Mail, Gmail and Hotmail.

The Internet  Relay Chat (IRC)

The Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a system for chatting that involves a set of rules conventions and client/server software.

A chat is a real-time typed conversation that takes place on a computer. A chat room is a location on an Internet server that permits users to chat with others anywhere in the world.

Anyone in the chat room can participate in the conversation, it is usually   specific to a particular topic.



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