Indosat - Net

“Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Indosat-net. In this opportunity. I would like to tell you a little bit about Internet.
Internet is highly sophisticated means of communication. It is actually a combined use of computer and telephone. You have to install a modem in your computer of particular configuration , say window 95. After this session, our staff will show you how to install a modem. Let us now focus our attention to some termonologies that are used in Internet. You may know English well; but I think you will find it hard to understand special terms without explanation from the experts.

First, let me tell you the difference between dial-up and dedicated. The term dial-up means that you pay the bill depending on how often you make use of the internet; while dedicated means that you will have to pay a particular amount of money regardless of how often you use the Internet. Which one is better?

Next is WWW. It stands for World Wide Web. This facility can access information in the form of multimedia (text, picture, and voice). The advantages of using WWW include (1) the information is up to date), represented in various media, so that the user can easily make use of the information; (2) the user get the impression that he or she is really facing the things without directly seeing them. This is because of the multimedia.
Now, what is E-Mail (Electronic Mail)?. Linguistically it means a mail which is sent electronically. With this facility, you can just type the letter then press S-Key (send) or any other key depending on your internet system. Sending a mail from Semarang to Brisbane takes only 3 or 4 seconds.

Next is what is called newsgroup. This facility can be used for group discussion through internet. The user can select his or own group, even he or she can decide the issues and types of discussion. This facility, I think, has something to do with IRC (Internet Relay Chat). IRC, as it is called, is another type of communication without limit of distance, time, and place. The user can communnicates with other users of different continents with local pulses.
IRC has been developed into voice communication. Even now, it has become what is called video conference with some advantages, such as (1) global communication, meaning that we can communicate with anybody with local pulses; (2) meeting or conferencecan be held witghout limit of time, place, and distance, even betweeen continents; and (3) the user can “attend” in a lot conferences.

Finally, let us talk about Telnet. This facility enables a user to operate computer without being in front of them. The advantage of this facility is that a user should not move from place to another in order to operate a lot of computers. For example, a boss can control the book keeping computer at this office from his house. Therefore, he saves his time and transportation expenses. That’s all what I can say. Do you have any questions?

Answer the following questions based on the text above!
1. What should you install in your computer bedore you can get access to internet?
2. What is the difference between dial-up networking and dedicated networking?
3. What can you do with WWW facility?
4. What is meant by IRC?
5. What can a user do with IRC?
6. What is the latest development or IRC?
7. What about the fee for IRC?
8. What facility is best for a boss? why?
9. What is good about E-Mail?
10. What is bad about E-Mail?

Fill the blanks with suitable words from the list below.
1. DELETE
2. BACKSPACE
3. ESCAPE
4. FONT
5. INSERT
6. SELECT
7. UNDO
8. SHIFT
9. ENTER
10. SAVE
11. TOOLS

1. Changing the ... means changing the size of the letters.
2. You can use the ... key to cancel the menu
3. The ... menu is used to cancel the previous command.
4. Wrongly typed words can be deleted by pressing the ... key.
5. Pressing the ... key along with typing a letter will result in a capital letter.
6. Blocking in wordstar in similar to ... (ing) in WP or MsWORD.
7. If you want to check the spelling, you will have to use the ... menu.
8. Do not forget to ... your document for future use.
9. If the ... key is off, you always overwrite the bext letter.
10. To ... means ti wipe out all files in the directory.

Translate the text into good Indonesian.
Internet, which stands for International Network, has become one of the most sophicticated means of communication. It is a combined use of computer and telephone. Another similar means of telecommunication is called facsimile, a combined use of telephone and photocopier.