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When we see the ubiquity of the internet around us today, we find it hard to believe that it is barely
thirty years old. It was invented in the USA to allow various computers to communicate with each
other, an improvement upon the limited possibilities of the physical linking of computers prevalent
then. Begun in 1990. the World Wide Web (www) is among the principal services available on the
internet and has had a major impact on how we use this facility. with almost countless websites in
numerous languages, www has become the most popular content provider in the world, with a host
of search engines to facilitate navigation.
In fact, it is not uncommon today to even measure progress in a region or country, using the yardstick
of internet access among the population. However, in this respect, India presents an interesting case
where the soaring number of users often mask the digital divide between the literate minority and the
large, illiterate masses.
Nonetheless, while educationists now have bold plans to exploit the internet to the hilt towards the
spread of literacy in the country, the availability of hardware and IT skill are a stumbling block,
compounded but the huge number of computer-illiterate that defies all planning within a foreseeable
time frame.
Yet, we can only marvel at the internet for all that it can accomplish at the click of a mouse.