Few FACTS ABOUT INTERNET|KNOWLEDGE

To live life, we need three things to be fulfilled- bread, cloths and house. But in today's fast-growing world we are most needed to have internet. Today this has become a big part of our lives.
Here few information about internet..

1. The Internet is generally defined as a global network connecting millions of computers. More than 190 countries are linked into exchanges of data, news and opinions.

2.No one actually owns the Internet, and no single person or organization controls the Internet in its entirety. The Internet is more of a concept than an actual tangible entity, and it relies on a physical infrastructure that connects networks to other networks.

3.According to Internet Live Stats, as of August 12, 2016 there was an estimated 3,432,809,100 Internet users worldwide. The number of Internet users represents nearly 40 percent of the world's population. The largest number of Internet users by country is China, followed by the United States and India.

4. It was conceived by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the U.S. government in 1969 and was first known as the ARPANet.

5.With the global average Internet speed sitting at 5.6Mbps, South Korea is storming ahead as the fastest country in the world, with an average Internet speed of 26.7Mbps!

6.For most Internet users, electronic mail (email) practically replaced the postal service for short written transactions.

7.The first ever email was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomilinson, the US programmer who invented the email system.

The “@” symbol was used to signify that the message was sent to a person instead of a machine.

8.The average person now spends almost 10 hours a day online – we spend more time on the Internet that we do sleeping!

9.Google is ranked as the most popular website worldwide, with Youtube coming in second and Facebook third.