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Class 7 Chapter 8 Internet Services

The document discusses various internet services including search engines, email, chat, acronyms and emoticons, video conferencing, blogs and web feeds, social networking sites, e-commerce, e-governance, e-learning, and cloud computing. It provides information on how these services work and how people use them to communicate and share information online.

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Class 7 Chapter 8 Internet Services

The document discusses various internet services including search engines, email, chat, acronyms and emoticons, video conferencing, blogs and web feeds, social networking sites, e-commerce, e-governance, e-learning, and cloud computing. It provides information on how these services work and how people use them to communicate and share information online.

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Key Notes (Class 7) Computer

CHAPTER 8: INTERNET SERVICES


The Internet is a vast network that connects computers all over the world.
Through the Internet, people can share information and communicate from
anywhere with an Internet connection.

SEARCH ENGINE
A Search Engine is a software that searches
webpages for information on a particular topic. The
topic on which information is required is specified in
the form of keywords.

EMAIL
Email (Electronic Mail) is one of the most widely used means of
communication these days. To use the Email, you need a Email
account. An email address consists of username and a domain
name. They are separated by the @ symbol.
Let’s take an example:
[email protected]
Username domain name
COMPONENTS OF EMAIL
➔ Inbox - It displays the details of the mails sent to you. You can
click on the email to view its contents.
➔ Compose Email - You can send a email after composing it. It
contains the following:
● To: In this field, you write the email address of the recipient. The people
whose email addresses are typed here are the primary mail recipients.
● CC(Carbon Copy) - This field allows you to direct a copy of your mail to
secondary recipients. Every recipient will be able to see other recipients
who have received the mail.
● BCC(Blind Carbon Copy) - This field allows you to direct a copy
of your mail to recipients secretly. No Recipient will be able to
see the email addresses part of the BCC category.
● Subject - It is a short title that gives the objective of your email.
● Attachments - You can send pictures, videos, documents or any other
files with your mail with the help of this option.
➔ Replying to a mail - After reading a email, you can reply to them.
➔ Forwarding a mail - You can share an email you received with
anyone by sending a copy to him/her.
➔ Contact List or Address Book - Here, you can store the email
addresses of your contacts.
➔ Spam Folder - An unwanted email that is sent to many people is known
as spam mail. This is mostly a business account. You can make
use of the REPORT SPAM FEATURE to block emails from the
sender. A Spam folder contains all the spam mail.
➔ Sent Folder - This folder contains all the emails sent by you.

CHAT
Real time textual communication between two or more users through
the help of electronics is called chat. It has become very popular these
days. It is a simpler and secure way of communicating with your friends and
family. Some examples of messengers are: Whatsapp & Google Hangout. Even
video chatting is popular today like Skype & Apple facetime.
ACRONYMS & EMOTICONS
People use Acronyms & Emoticons to express themselves online.
Some examples for Acronyms are:
AFN - That’s All For Now
AYW - As You Wish
CMB - Call Me Back
SAT - Sorry About That
MGB - May God Bless
LOL - Laugh Out Loud

Emoticons
Smile - :)
Surprised - :o
Wink - ;)
Confused - :s
Open-Mouthed - :D
Tongue Out - :p
Sad - :(
Disappointed - : |

VIDEO CONFERENCING
Video Conferencing helps people to connect
from far distances with the help of their
electronic devices and communicate via audio and have
visual contact through video transmission. It is very
useful for business meetings, educational trainings and
health care conferences.
People in different areas can see and hear each other
using microphones, cameras, speakers and a electronic
device (mobile, tablet, laptop, computer etc).
BLOGS & WEB FEEDS
The word blog is a short form for the word weblog. It is a website or part of a
website that contains person diary-type entries in the reverse chronological
order. It may be in the form of a text, video, audio and even links to other
websites (hyperlinks). Some blogs focus on a particular topic while some are
personal diaries and journals which showcase the users experiences and
his/her opinions.
The activity of updating your blogs are called blogging and the one who
maintains a blog is called a blogger. Writing on a blog is also called posting
entries.

Web feeds are websites that are also updated frequently and give information
but unlike blogs that are far more personal, web feeds are written in a neutral
point of view. It is important for the writer of a web feed to not show his/her
feelings.
You will usually see the icon on a webpage. It indicates that a web feed
is available.
The two main web feed formats are RSS (Rich Site Summary or Really Simple
Syndication) & Atom.

SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES


A Social Networking Site is used to build
communities of people who share similarities.
People use these websites almost everyday. It is a
great tool to find old friends and get back in touch
with them.
Keeping our information safe is our responsibility. Look into the following
image and read about some steps on how we can keep our information
safe on our electronic device.
E-COMMERCE, E-GOVERNANCE & E-LEARNING
Nowadays, there are websites online, through
which we can shop online. Buying and selling of
goods over the Internet is called E-Commerce.
It includes trading, booking tickets & online
banking etc.

Websites prepared by the government for


the citizens of a country for numerous
reasons such as aadhar number etc, come
under E-Governance.

The use of technology for education purposes


that enable people to learn anything anywhere
at anytime is called E-Learning. It includes use
of multimedia CDs, computer-based teachings
and learning and Internet etc.

CLOUD COMPUTING AND STORAGE


Simply put, cloud computing is the delivery of computing
services—including servers, storage, databases, networking, software,
analytics, and intelligence—over the Internet (“the cloud”) to offer faster
innovation, flexible resources, and economies of scale. You typically pay
only for cloud services you use, helping you lower your operating costs,
run your infrastructure more efficiently, and scale as your business
needs change.

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