Monday, July 19, 2010

Communications in Computer Networks

Users have access to email and the Internet

  • Access to remote information
  • Person-to-person communication
  • Interactive entertainment

Many people pay their bills, manage their bank accounts, and handle their investments electronically. Home shopping is being popular. Newspaper will go on-line and be personalized. The next step beyond newspapers is the on-line digital library. Another application that falls in this category is access to information systems like the current World Wide Web, which contains information about the arts, business, cooking, government, health and too many other topics to even mention

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