Get premium membership and access questions with answers, video lessons as well as revision papers.

What are the advantages of Internet in today's business?

      

Discuss the advantages of Internet in today's business.

  

Answers


Maurice
(a) Newsgroups/ Discussion groups: Internet enables people with common interest to communicate with each other in real time.

(b) E-Advertisements: Internet has proved to be a fertile platform for companies to advertise their products and services reaching many potential with low cost.

(c) E-learning: Lessons and lectures are presented electronically from a central site to students scattered across the globe.

(d) Fast means communication: Internet provides faster and cheap means of communication using features such as e-mail, skype, discussion groups (newsgroups) and chat groups (like facebook or twitter). You can use e-mail to send or receive messages (text, video or sound) to people around the world.

(e) Electronic commerce(E-commerce): The Internet has paved way to online shopping/ transactions. This is called e-commerce. You can window shop at cyber malls called web storefronts. You can purchase goods using checks, credit cards or electronic cash called electronic payment.

(f) Boosting academic research: The Internet facilities fast means of research to scholars by enabling them to visit virtual libraries and browse or download stacks of e-books.
You can read selected items at the virtual libraries and even check out books.

(g) Enhanced better means of entertainment: The Internet has produced systems that provide many means of entertainment ranging from games, music and video that can be played online or downloaded.

(h) Ease of access to news and Information: The Internet facilities access to up to date news and voluminous information on virtually all subjects of life Most of the information on the internet is free.

(i) Access to free downloads: The Internet is a rich place where one can download software such as freeware, shareware or open source software.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on April 13, 2018 at 07:55


Next: Give seven ways in which Christians demonstrate peace as a fruit of the holy spirit
Previous: Define the term conflict and national integration

View More Computer Studies Questions and Answers | Return to Questions Index


Learn High School English on YouTube

Related Questions