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Many people cannot do ___1___ the computer these days.
The computer gives us access to a wide range of
information and enables us to 'talk'
to people from all over the ___2___ at any time of the
day. When we hook our ___3___ to another computer somewhere,
we would have entered what we call cyberspace.
Cyberspace is actually what happens when we hook our
computer to an online service or the Internet.
We need to pay a ___4___ to go online using our
computer, modem
and the telephone. The service ___5___ bulletin boards,
chat areas, information to download and access to
the Internet.
The Internet is a worldwide network of computers
hooked up to one another. It is ___6___ from online
services in that no one owns it. Anyone is free to
put in information or read information from there.
We can do everything
on the Internet. We can ___7___ and receive electronic
mail. We can see pictures and download files. We can
chat with other people and can even
___8___ to music and watch videos.
One of the most popular things that children do
online is to chat. Unlike the bulletin board, the
children chat with others who are online at the same
time. They read ___9___ and send their reply right then
and there. It is as
if one is talking to another face to ___10___. The
messages are usually short but can get rather
confusing as the use of certain words or acronyms
may not be familiar to all. |
