A most exciting development in the use of computers in education is the recent surge in the use of Internet. Internet is an international network of tens of thousands of computers with potentially millions of users.
Internet stands for international network.
It began in 1969 as a part of the US Department of Defense. Today it connects millions of computers through hundreds of smaller networks that link computers worldwide. The list of activities that can be done through Internet is astounding. You can e-mail to anyone who has access to Internet. I have personally sent e-mail to friends all over the U.S., Malaysia, Australia, UK, Singapore and Japan.