A person who is just starting to master the Internet may wonder: why do you need registration on sites, because a lot of information is available for free viewing without it? What advantages does it provide and why is it important to remember the data that was used during registration?
Of course, registration is not required on all resources. Some pages can be simply viewed and closed. But if you are going to constantly visit a site, participate in discussions of various issues, add comments to materials, post photos, order goods, then registration will definitely be required.
During registration, the site system identifies you as a user and remembers you. On the next visit, she already "understands" that it is you, and allows you to perform those actions that are not available to ordinary guests. Your username and password are used to identify you.
When you, for example, call on the phone and introduce yourself, the other person will recognize you by name. For the site system, this name is a login - a unique set of printed characters (letters or numbers), which tells the system: "This is me, you know me."
So that the interlocutor during a telephone conversation does not have doubts that it was you who called, he may ask you to voice information known only to you two. The site performs a similar check by asking for a password. Entering a password allows you to make sure that you are not a stranger who calls himself a false name.
In addition to the login and password, sometimes it is required to enter additional data, for example, last name, first name and patronymic, address, gender, and so on. The personal data of any user is protected. Only a limited number of people have access to them, they are not available for general viewing.
By registering on the site, you get access to your personal account (your profile). There you can edit your data: change contact information, insert photos and change avatars, add a signature, but not only. It all depends on the specifics of a particular site.
From your personal account on the website of your mobile operator, you can manage your mobile phone account. On the website of the bank in which you issued the card - pay for communication services (landline and mobile phone, Internet), fines issued by the traffic police, utilities. You can also pay for goods in online stores and perform a number of other actions without leaving your computer.
