What is an Online service?

An online service is a service and information provided to users with the help of the Internet. The services allow the users to communicate with each other by sharing data in various forms like audio, video, documents, etc. The online services range from small to large services. For example, social media and email services are simple services, whereas banking services that take mortgages online are complex.

The online services can be paid service or free services to the users. These online services are given to subscribers through applications and websites. Some paid services include Netflix and Amazon Prime, and free services include Wikipedia, Google Maps, and Google Calendar.

Some major categories of online services include the following

Communication Services
Information retrieval Services
Ecommerce
Entertainment service
Online Editing Service
Educational services
Google Services

1) Communication Services

Communication services include the sharing of information between people or among groups of people. The communication services share audio, video, text, and image data.

Some popular communication services include

Gmail

Gmail is the electronic mailings service given by Google. This service provides the default email filters, smart compose and reply feature, and high security to the emails sent and received by storing in the cloud.

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Skype

Skype is a service used to make conversations between people over the Internet, and these conversions are done through audio or video calls. With Skype, users can send and receive messages and files instantly.

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Dropbox

Dropbox syncs the files in the system and helps to share them safely between the devices, and the files are kept updated up to date by using Dropbox. So, when we use Dropbox, it is updated on all devices if we change a file on a particular device. The application also helps to back up the data.

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2) Information Retrieval Services

These services are used to access the stored data on the Internet. When we connect the device to the Internet, we start discovering information on various websites with the help of a browser. We can retrieve many forms of data like text, images, audio, video, etc.

Wikipedia

Wikipedia is used to retrieve the information required by users. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia created with a combination of various contents written by community members. There are more than 3.5 million English articles on most topics on the website, along with millions of articles and pages written in other languages. Anyone can become a Wikipedia member by registering on that site and publishing the articles.

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3) E-commerce

Electronic commerce, a full form of e-commerce is a business strategy where people in business come and sell goods to customers through the Internet. In e-commerce sites, many sellers can sell their products using the same platform to a wide range of customers. Some well-known examples of e-commerce include Amazon and Flipkart.

Amazon

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Flipkart

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eBay

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Myntra

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4) Educational Services

Grammarly

Grammar is an application and service that helps check the grammar and spelling in text written by users. Apart from spelling, it also checks other grammatical mistakes like punctuation and recommends other alternate synonyms for a particular word that suits the sentence more.

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Coursera, Udemy, etc., also provide educational services to the public, where interested people can register for the courses and learn them. The courses on these sites may be free or paid.

5) Google Services

Google provides various open-source online applications to a wide range of users. The following are some of the most commonly used Google services.

Google Calendar

Google Calendar is the most used online calendar to schedule appointments and events that can share with other people or groups through various platforms. The application helps to the day's schedule in advance.

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Google Docs

Google Docs includes a set of various open-source services to edit our data. Word processors, Google spreadsheet, Google slides for PowerPoint presentations, online forms, etc., are the services given by Google Docs, where many users can view and edit documents.

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Google Maps

Google maps are one of the Google services that help users get the map to the location they need. The map gives different views like default, satellite, and terrain views. Google maps also have a feature that tells the time required and distance to travel between the source and destination points. There are even many more features that one can enjoy by using Google maps.

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Google Translate

The service helps to translate text, speech, human handwriting, and photos from one language to another. Google translate supports over 100 different languages.

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YouTube

YouTube allows users to create, upload and view videos anytime through the internet connection. It also gives the feature to share videos with our friends and groups present in various applications. We can also download the videos in the application when connected to the Internet and watch them offline.

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6) Online Editing service

Pixlr

Pixlr is a photo editor and designing tool through which we can create animations; there are many templates to make amazing designs when connected to the Internet.

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Flickr

Flickr is used for protecting our photos online. It helps to share and edit our large number of photos. There are around ten billion photos stored on the site with 2 billion users. The photo management application helps create its galleries and make photo-oriented projects, and users can follow other photographers' accounts. Flickr is free until the user reaches a limit of 1000 photographs or videos. After reaching the limit, it suggests getting the Pro unlimited storage plan.

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