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The Internet is More Than the Web
The Web is the most publicized aspect of the Internet, but there are
other important Internet applications.
Communication
 E-mail
- Send e-mail to other people with Internet e-mail addresses.
- Receive e-mail from other people with e-mail addresses.
- You can get a free Web-based e-mail account on many sites including Hotmail.
- There are directories for finding a person's e-mail address - Yahoo People Search http://people.yahoo.com
- Subscribe to Internet mailing lists to receive messages from a group on a specific topic.
- Try Topica to search for available mailing lists topics. http://lists.topica.com
 Newsgroups
- An electronic bulletin board where people can post and read messages on specific topics.
- Try Google Groups to find available newsgroups and archived messages.
http://groups.google.com
 Chat
Access to other Computer Systems
- Telnet
A service for accessing other computers on the Internet as though you were a user on that remote computer. Telnet is not available on B&ECPL computers.
What the Web does best: Dissemination of
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