Internet access program

Internet access program

An internet access program is a software program, generally included as part of the operating system, to access the Internet.

There are two main ways to access the Net.

* Dial-up access; that generally uses a narrowband modem.
* Network access; that generally uses a broadband cable modem or DSL, although direct ethernet access is sometimes available.


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