What did you use your computer for before there was internet?
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The internet was not the beginning of computers being able to talk to each other.  There was e-mail, chat, and bulletin boards before the internet.\n\nFor example, many people who worked for large companies used programs like Lotus Notes on their internal networks.  Companies also had banks of modems you could dial into.  So if you had a PC at home, you could dial into the company server to check your mail or chat with other people.\n\nThere have been computer networks -- services people could dial into -- since the days of the Apple II.\n\nBefore there were personal computers, there were mainframes and minicomputers where many people could be logged in at once.  Instead of having your own computer, you had a terminal that logged you into the one main computer.  While you were on, you could e-mail other users on that computer, chat with them, etc.
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make sure your PC is connected to the Internets.
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It depends on who you are. You can use computers to isolate your self, or you can use them to expand your life. You cant JUST use computers, get out and play Frisbee once in a while! (Not virtual frisbee either)
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Your IP address, what type of browser you're using, sometimes your operating system, and where you have gone on that website, and sometimes where you came from.
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In the creation of the internet? I think the old arpanet was pretty impressive, and it directly led to the creation of the internet.
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computer. because that is what i am using right now. and it can do so much.
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First set foot on the 'net back in the early 90's when Demon Internet were little more than a startup and broadband was a wet dream.  These days I spend 5% of my time getting people on the internet, compared to 50% of my time 10 years ago - thanks to more functional Operating Systems like Windows.  So at least that aspect of my life has changed dramatically for the better.\n\nUltimately, for me, the net is an enabling medium - it lets me do things I couldn't have hoped to achieve before (video conferencing with distant friends or colleagues, for example), or perform dreary tasks that much quicker.  (Who needs to thumb through a copy of the Oxford English when there're dictionary websites aplenty?)\n\nTaking a side-long view, I'd say the net has largely changed my life for the better - and will continue to do so - but there have been times when I wish I'd never discovered the bloody thing.
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To read email and pay bills. When I hear the word Internet I think of all the websites I manage to visit daily as a consumer of 'instant information' like CNN.com or Imdb.com... I am so impatient when I can't find what I need right away! Strange considering I used to live at the library (old skool all the way with card index!) and have the patience to comb thru books to find the information I needed.
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Just let it be a simple machine to surf online for your kids or old folks. Just try not to install too many applications like office or graphic program which will slow it down.\n\nOr depending on how comfortable with techy stuff, you can use it as a print server, a fax server to route your faxes to email, a router if you have a network of computers.
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what type of internet?
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That what they call the internet what your on now! Read link below!
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Kind of internet? \n\nTwo old cans and a piece of string.\n\nNah, High speed is the way to go nowadays. If you want to be completly portable, get a wi-fi network in your house
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internet is a good start !
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I usually chat with my friends simultaneously downloading games,softwares through p2p software and also used to browse and see the results of wwe and other matches in the internet.........i never end internet my computer always used to be connected to the internet.....
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You have the internet!?
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that depends on what your using the computer for
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Mess around on the internet and overeat.  What did you do?