(1) Initial stage and characteristics
The most important feature of the 21st century is digitalization, networking and informationization. He is an information age with the network as the core . Since the 1990s, the computer network represented by the Internet has developed rapidly, and has gradually developed from a field of education and scientific research at the beginning to a commercial network for global use . It can be said that the Internet is the biggest change in the field of storing and exchanging information since the invention of printing.
(2) Translated name
The Chinese translation of the Internet is not uniform. There are two commonly used: (1) Internet , this is recommended by the National Science and Technology Nomenclature Committee. Although the translated name is more accurate, it has not been promoted for a long time. (2) The Internet is currently the most popular. The de facto standard translation. The Internet is interconnected by a large number of various computer networks, and this translation can undoubtedly fully reflect the most important features of the Internet. Someone once translated the Internet into the Internet. However, the Internet itself covers the whole world, so the word "international" is slightly redundant.
(3) Features
The reason why the Internet can provide many services to users is because the Internet has two important basic characteristics: connectivity and sharing !
Connectivity: The so-called connectivity is to enable Internet users to exchange all kinds of information very conveniently and economically without searching the distance, as if the terminals of these users are directly connected to each other.
Sharing: The so-called sharing refers to the sharing of resources. The meaning of resource sharing is multi-faceted and can enable the sharing of information. Software sharing can also be hardware sharing. Due to the existence of the network, these resources are as easy to use as if they were around the user.
(4) Internet +
Now often see a noun, "Internet +". He means " Internet + various traditional industries ", so ICT and Internet platforms can be used to create new development ecology. In fact, "Internet +" represents a new economic form, which is characterized by the deep integration of the Internet's innovations into various fields of the economy and society, thereby enhancing the productivity and innovation of the real economy.
(5) Disadvantages
The Internet has also brought some negative effects to people. For example, network viruses disrupt the normal transmission and exchange of Internet data; hackers use network vulnerabilities to steal state secrets and steal the property of banks or depositors; cyber fraud, online rumors, the spread of bad information, and the keyboard man generated by the popularity of the Internet; etc. Wait.
(6) Development
Although the Internet also has a certain negative impact, it is still secondary. In the rapid development of the Internet, it still plays an active role in society and plays an absolutely dominant role.
(7) Summary
The Internet has become the world's largest computer network. The above points are the basic overview of the Internet today. More articles on the main components of the Internet will be added in the future.
