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The main importance of the internet is that it has made information available in a quick and easy manner, publicly accessible and within easy reach. It has revolutionized communications and social networking, creating a zone which was so international that new law had to be designed to govern it.
People communicate, share data and work through the internet all day, every day, without realizing that it is completely decentralized. The internet plays a great role in removing the borders on nations, and assisting in the process of globalization.
In a matter of seconds we can now communicate with people around the world, whether for important business matters or just talking to friends.
The Internet is very useful. It has many different ways of helping people such as with their homework, with search engines like Google, or entertainment, game websites like miniclip/video websites like youtube, communication, email websites, such as Hotmail, shopping, online shopping site like amazon.
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Importance of the Internet
I think most probably that this [internet] technology will be helpful, to get information easily. In that way it will make clear what is truth, what is reality and what is false propaganda. I think that provided each individual uses their own intelligence or mind to investigate further, this technology should be very useful.
— His Holiness the Dalai Lama (From a BBC forum held 23 feb 2000) On this page: what is "the internet"? why is it important to you? why is it important to your organisation? What is "the internet"?
Technically, the "internet" is all the computers in the world that are connected, including the technologies (routers, servers, etc (which are also computers actually) as well as the wires and antennas that keep all the computers talking to each other.
So the "internet"