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Seminar - An Overview of Communications Technologies

Module 6 - Internet, Intranet, Extranet, e-Commerce and Web Services                                      Slide 26 of 70 _________________                                                                                  __________

                                                Common Internet Services

                                 Information Retrieval Services (FTP, Gopher)

                                 Information Search Services (WAIS, Archie, Veronica)

                                 Communications Services (e-mail, Telnet, Usenet, IRC)

                                 Multimedia Information Services (WWW, Video
                                   Conferencing, Virtual Chat)

                                 Recreational Services (MUDs)

                                 e-Commerce

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A number of different services have been developed over the years to facilitate the sharing of information among the many sites on the Internet. Initially the Internet was primarily for  research and the other services took a back seat. Now the Internet has opened up to commercial and private sites, and new services are being developed.