The internet and the world wide web has expanded greatly over the past decade. The internet is as common in homes as a telephone or a television. With its coming of age, way of life is becoming mainly "on-line". People use the internet and the web to do their daily tasks, jobs, and even leisure activities, such as enter contests and play interactively along with game shows that are on television through the internet, while in the comfort of their homes. The change from rarely using a computer to access the internet to relying on one daily for business, communication, and other activities has had major effects on the way things are done around the world.
             Communication is a major part of life that has been affected by the use of the internet and the web. People now have to the ability to chat with friends and family all over the world without racking up an outrageous phone bill. People send instant messages and enter chat rooms to communicate with one and another over the web. There is chat rooms set up and available to everyone on any topic imaginable. From dating rooms to car enthusiast chat rooms, there is a room that fits everyone's interests. People can send and receive e-mail containing letters or pictures to each other which before the internet was established could only be done in person or through post mail. Sending e-mail also saves transit time and cost. Web cams (small video cameras that connect to the PC to record as a camcorder would) are being used more today to allow people to not only talk with each other over the "net", but to see each other too. With all of the communication going on over the web, it has extinguished a percentage of communication between people communicating in person, but the overall of communication between people in general has increased.
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