| Computer engineers have been finding ways to | | | | overly traditional. |
| connect computers and their devices together in | | | | Video games galore |
| different ways. Computer networking has come | | | | What started out as simple 2 dimension games is |
| hand in hand with other bodies of knowledge such | | | | now a multi-billion dollar industry, and has spawned |
| as telecommunications, information technology, | | | | a new way of social interaction. Because of the |
| and computer engineering. So many things have | | | | Internet, gamers are now able to interact with |
| been made possible through computer networking. | | | | people from across the globe, and play the same |
| It has helped people live easier lives in many ways | | | | game at the same time. This is great because |
| through personal area network, local area | | | | video games were once viewed as an anti-social |
| network, metropolitan area network, and wide | | | | activity. This is no longer true and now gamers |
| area network. | | | | not only get to play the game together, but are |
| One great example of a wide area network is the | | | | able to chat and make new friends as well. |
| champion of all networks, the Internet. It is the | | | | Internet gaming has also created a new gaming |
| biggest network in the world, and billions of data | | | | genre called "massively multiplayer online |
| (maybe even trillions) is being transferred | | | | role-playing games" or MMORPGs. This is a |
| everyday. So much information is exchanged and | | | | supercharged type of RPG where thousands of |
| it has practically changed the way we live our | | | | players get to play together in a particular game |
| lives. | | | | at the same time. |
| Education online | | | | Social Networking |
| The usual way to get your education is to enroll in | | | | A lot of websites nowadays allow people to |
| a school, and go to your classes on a fixed | | | | interact and socialize with each other with their |
| schedule. Nowadays, we can actually get a college | | | | different tools and services. Some of them are |
| and master's degree through the Internet. A lot | | | | focused on dating, where users can create their |
| of reputable universities now offer their courses | | | | own profile and indicate their particular tastes. |
| online because they understand how hard it is for | | | | Other websites are dedicated to people uploading |
| some students to juggle a job and their schooling. | | | | pictures and sharing them with other users as |
| Depending on the program, you can have your | | | | well. This has been a great way of connecting |
| own schedule, and usually you'd just have to | | | | with long lost friends, and making new ones as |
| submit work on or before a particular deadline. At | | | | well. |
| times, you'd have real time chatting with you | | | | It's great that computer networking has helped in |
| professor and "classmates", sometimes even with | | | | bringing us the Internet. With it, life has become |
| a webcam. What's great about this is that you no | | | | more convenient, and we can learn so many new |
| longer have to go through the hassle of | | | | things everyday just by connecting to it. With the |
| commuting. The good news is that companies | | | | Internet, there are certainly more new things to |
| have been accepting a lot of applicants with this | | | | come. |
| sort of education but there are still some that are | | | | |