Internet services The Internet can be used in in different ways: for distributing and retrieving information, for one-to-one, one-to-many and many-to-many communication, and for the access services. Accordingly, there are different services on offer. The most important of these are listed below. Telnet FTP (File Transfer Protocol) Electronic Messaging (E-Mail) World Wide Web (WWW) Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Multiple User Dimensions (MUDs) Gopher |
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Multiple User Dungeons MUDs are virtual spaces, usually a kind of adventurous ones, you can log into, enabling you to chat with others, to explore and sometimes to create rooms. Each user takes on the identity of an avatar, a computerized character. |
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