Internet & Jobs in it

Internet & Jobs in IT

The internet is used to send information quickly between computers around the world

The internet was developed in the United States by the "United States Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency" (DARPA). It was first connected in October, 1969,and was called ARPANET. The World Wide Web was created at CERN in Switzerland in 1990 by a British (UK) man named Tim Berners-Lee.

Today, people can pay money to access the internet from internet service providers. Some services on the Internet cost nothing to use. Sometimes the people who offer these free services use advertising to make money from them. The alternative (other) name, "net" came from "inter(net)".

 Few words about the Microsoft: In 1975 two friends: Bill Gates and Paul Allen started Microsoft and very soon it became a business success. In 1980, Gates bought a small company which produced an operating system called DOS. He made some changes to it and renamed it MSDOS.He sold the rights to use this system to IBM. Since 1980 MSDOS has been the standard operating system for all PCs. Microsoft has also developed such well – known programmes as Windows, Excel and Internet Explorer.

The MOST FAMOUS SITES:

• VK 
• LinkedIn
• eBay
• Twitter
• Amazon
• Wikipedia
• Yahoo!
• Facebook
• Youtube
• Google

Dictionary Words That Originated From The Internet

selfie: a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website;

phablet: a smartphone having a screen which is intermediate in size between that of a typical smartphone and a tablet computer;

derp: used as a substitute for speech regarded as meaningless or stupid, or to comment on a foolish or stupid action;

srsly: short for seriously;

tweet: a posting made on the social media website Twitter;

tl;dr: short for "Too long; Didn’t read“;

1. This small box is used to operate a computer.

1. This small box is used to operate a computer.

2. A document on your computer.

3. A device which is used to transfer ph otos and texts to your computer.

4. To make a computer better or able to do more things.

5. This looks like a typewriter and has the keys you need to press

6. It can be hard. It can be floppy.

7. A device which allows your computer to send messages along a telephone line.

8. An unfriendly or rude e-mail.

9. To start a computer.

Dangers on the NET

• Some websites may trick people into downloading viruses that can harm a computer or spyware that spies on its users
• E-mails can also have harmful files with them as "attachments".
• In internet chatrooms, people might be preying on others or trying to stalk or abuse them.
• The internet contains content that many people find offensive such as pornography, as well as content intended to be offensive.
• Criminals may steal people's personal information or trick people into sending them money.

Jobs in IT The most popular jobs in computing are:

• Programmer
• Administrator
• Test analyst
• DBA
• Application Developer for Database
• Systems Analyst
• System integrator
• Specialist in Networks and Telecommunications and many others… Each profession is divided into more specialized areas

Programmer

• A programmer, computer programmer or coder is someone who writes computer software. The term computer programmer can refer to a specialist in one area of computer programming or to a generalist who writes code for many kinds of software.
• Computer programmers write, test, debug, and maintain the detailed instructions, called computer programs, that computers must follow to perform their functions. Programmers also develop, design, and test logical structures for solving problems by computer.

System administrator

• A system administrator or sysadmin, is a person employed to maintain and operate a computer system and/or network. System administrators may be members of an information technology or Electronics and Communication Engineering department.
• The subject matter of systems administration includes computer systems and the ways people use them in an organization. This entails a knowledge of operating systems and applications, as well as hardware and software troubleshooting, but also knowledge of the purposes for which people in the organization use the computers.

Test analyst

• A test analyst - is a specialist, who is testing software . His responsibilities include search errors and failures in the program. The tester simulates various situations that may arise from the use of the program so that developers can fix detected errors.
• The main requirements for the applicant are:
• Basic programming skills, working with databases and operating systems administration;
•     Knowledge of the basic technologies of software structure and software systems;
•     Knowledge of the query language SQL, scripting languages.

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