The Internet is the Source
of knowledge. It is of very recent origin. However the influence it has on
society is immeasurable. The scope is very wide. It is known the world over. It
is easily accessible to everyone.
Knowledge has got a new
dimension with the introduction of the internet. An internet user has access to
a lot of knowledge & information. A book for example is read serially one sentence
after the other. Letters are written horizontally or vertically. If we went to
the read the book, and listen to music at the same time, we have to use two separate
sources for that. But the internet has brought the two together for us. You
must have seen people working at the computer listening to music.
When producing a book, the
weight and size play an important role. That is why dictionaries and encyclopedias
come in volumes. We will not be able to lift one if they are produced as a
single work. The internet has no ‘weight’ unlike a book which is heavy. And so
with the network, there is no ‘bulk’. We can get what we want at a ‘click’.
The language that is most used on the internet
is English. The internet was first started as a research project of the
department of Defense of the USA.
The internet provides an immense
source of knowledge, through search sites such as Google, Wikipedia, and Yahoo etc.
However there are
certain disadvantages in the internet. No one is responsible for the
information or the quality of information. There is no source for this
information. There is no authority, or authorship responsible.
