文档介绍：The also known as is the world's work . “ And what is work”? You may ask. work is basically a bunch puters booked together somehow. In concept, it's sort of like a radio or work that connect a bunch of radio or TV stations.
works consist of a puter and a bunch of remote stations that report to it-a central puter, for example, with thousands of terminals at airports and travel agencies. Other, including the , permit puter on work municate with any other.
The is probably the most work in the world. Thousands puters provide facilities that are available to anyone who access. This situation is unusual-works are very restrictive in what they allow users to do and require a pecific arrangements and passwords for each service. Although a few
pay services exist, the vast majority of services are free for the taking , once you connected. If you don't already have access to the through pany, your school, you'll probably have to pay for access to the by using access provider.
“How do I get to the ?” Well depending on your lifestyle, including your job or your school, checking out the can be trivially easy or moderately difficult.
(1) Modem
A modem is a little device that enables data from puter to travel to puter by using ordinary telephone lines. This cute little box goes between your and your phone line and between the phone line and puter on the other end. modem are built-in to puter, so if you've not sure whether one is in puter, ask.
If you need to buy a modem, find the cheapest fax modem that runs at 14400hps. You can pay more for things that go faster, but that speed isn't really passed on to you by using your ordinary phone line just now. Make sure that your es with munications software that's appropriate for puter and version of operating system you're using .
The is out there with tons of exciting things to do, but you have to it through your school or work. The folks who provide access to the (generally for a fee) are called Service Provide