What is Internet café?
[[File:E-Corner Internet cafe.JPG|thumb|{{center|An Internet cafe}}]] An '''Internet café''' (also called a '''Cybercafé''') is a type of [[:wikt:café|café]]. It is a business that provides [[:wikt:Internet|Internet]] [[:wikt:access|access]] to the public, usually for a [[:wikt:fee|fee]]. It also sells [[:wikt:coffee|coffee]] and food. Internet cafés were introduced in the 1990s.<ref name=Henderson250>Harry Henderson, ''Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology'' (New York: Facts On File, 2009), p. 250</ref> The spread of modern-style cafés to many places, urban and rural, went hand in hand with [[computers]]. Many Internet cafés offer [[wireless]] Internet or have computers customers can use. They also offer [[telephone]]s and [[newspapers]]. Internet café users need to be aware they have less [[security]] than most [[private network]]s.<ref>J. Michael Stewart, ''Network Security, Firewalls and VPNs'', Second Edition (Burlington, VT: Jones & Bartlett, 2014), p. 407</ref> They are also more exposed to [[malicious software]], also called 'malware'.<ref name=Henderson250/> == References == {{reflist}} {{multistub|food|tech}} [[Category:Restaurants]] [[Category:Internet-related organizations]]