Calling all Internet experts - let's list features/functions & services

[tankman1989]

We all get into a rhythm and routine of what we use. I used to use Usenet/Newsgroups all the time and now I use forums and basically forgot that usenet even existed. What I would like to do is create a list of all the features and functions which the Internet provides. This list could be great for any customer, with a description of the services available, so that they get the most out of their Internet experience.

I'll start with what I can think of and I'll add whatever anyone else posts so that it is all here on the first post - if that is OK with others.

I'm adding what I know or think - please add anything you think would be good for the topic. Please add more topics if you know of them - I'm sure there are a lot more than I can think of - even if they aren't very popular they could be important for some of use here who don't know or have forgotten.

Web surfing - Web pages, discussion forums, social media, business/personal sites, specialty sites for unique interests, News services, dating services, etc.

Streaming Video - Video on Demand (paid & free)

Streaming Audio - Internet Radio

Email - webmail, POP/IMAP, encrypted

Gaming - Play directly on websites or connect to servers from games you have purchased

Usenet/Newsgroups - discussion groups focusing on specific topics - kind of like forums

Instant Messaging - send an instant chat message to anyone on your chat network

VoIP - Internet Telephone capable of video conferencing - Skype is a big provider.

IRC - Internet Relay Chat

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) & torrent networks - file sharing from one user to another

Web Hosting - service to host anything web related

Remote computer access - access any computer connected to the Internet (with appropriate access)

Online backup - store your files online

Online applications - "cloud" based apps - like Google apps

VPN - A secured network which allows satellite locations to connect to a central network.

Remote Desktops - a desktop to which you can log in from anywhere with Internet eliminating the need to bring your machine with you.

Seedbox - store your P2P files on a high speed server for faster transfer times

 

[ComputerRepairTech]

hmm think you got pretty much all the things that initially came to mind except for online meetings, collaboration tools, evernote...yes evernote gets its own category

 

[NYJimbo]

Usenet/Newsgroups - discussion groups focusing on specific topics - kind of like forums

I didn't think this was still around. We used to have a satellite dish to download this stuff back in the early 90's. We would download almost the whole adult portion of the Usenet feed, process it into jpg/gif/etc files and then put them on a BBS. Made a lot of money doing that back then.

 

[SAG]

I didn't think this was still around. We used to have a satellite dish to download this stuff back in the early 90's. We would download almost the whole adult portion of the Usenet feed, process it into jpg/gif/etc files and then put them on a BBS. Made a lot of money doing that back then.

I'm still quite active on usenet.
But I'm an old fart.

 

[SAG]

a list of all the features and functions which the Internet provides

1.) The Internet is a communication tool used the world over where people can come together to bitch about movies and share pornography with one another.

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[ThanatosOfOne]

I haven't had an ISP that had NNTP servers in ages...I _think_ I still have Forte Agent installed on some machine around here...

 

[Krynn72]

1.) The Internet is a communication tool used the world over where people can come together to bitch about movies and share pornography with one another.

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Yes, "The internet is for porn" song came to mind.