Internet is used for different purposes by different people. Some uses of the Internet are listed below:
• E-Commerce (auction, buying, selling products etc.)
• Research (on-line journals, magazines, information etc.)
• Education (e-learning courses, virtual classroom, distance learning)
• E-Governance (online filing of application (Income Tax), on-line application forms etc.)
• On-line ticket booking (airplane tickets, rail tickets, cinema hall tickets etc.)
• On-line payments (credit card payments etc.)
• Video conferencing
• Exchange of views, music, files, mails, folders, data, information etc.
• Outsourcing jobs (work flow software)
• Social networking (sites like facebook, linkedin, twitter, orkut
• E-Telephony (sites likeskype)