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• Electronic mail or e-mail is a method of sending or receiving messages using a computer that
has an Internet connection.
• E-mail is sent and received through a mail server. The mail server acts like an electronic ‘post
offi ce’.
• Some popular social networking sites used nowadays are Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

A. Name the following.
1. Three social networking sites ____________ ____________ ____________

2. People new to the Internet ____________

3. Set of rules to follow when online ____________
4. Three mail servers ____________ ____________ ____________

5. Electronic post offi ce ____________

B. Fill in the blanks.
1. E-mail is sent and received through a _____________.

2. _____________ and _____________ are the two modes of chatting.

3. The service provider usually allows the use of the Internet for _____________.
4. The information we send and receive over the Internet travels through _____________
cables.

5. MODEM stands for ________________________________________________.

C. Choose the correct answer.
1. _____________ requires phone to be connected to a computer.
(a) Broadband connection (b) Dial-up connection

(c) Satellite connection (d) DSL

2. _____________ is based on Wi-Fi technology and radio waves.
(a) Wireless connection (b) Hotspot
(c) Mobile Internet (d) DSL

3. _____________ needs a Wi-Fi MODEM to be linked to a computer.

(a) Mobile Internet (b) Hotspot
(c) Wireless connection (d) Satellite connection

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