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The Internet

The Internet. What is the Internet?.

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The Internet

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  1. The Internet

  2. What is the Internet? • The Internet is a global web of computers connected to each other by wires, (mostly phone lines). If you look at a map of big cities, smaller towns, and scattered houses, each is connected together with roads, railways, etc.. This is similar to the Internet, except with the Internet, wires connect computers. The Internet is a superhighway.

  3. Some ways to use the Internet • E-mail • Research • Shopping • News • Games • Ed-line

  4. Do you ever use the Internet?

  5. How often do you use the Internet?

  6. Why do you generally use the Internet?

  7. Internet Terms • WWW • Browser • Search Engine • URL • Domain • html

  8. WWW • The World Wide Web

  9. Browser • Software program that allows a person to view WWW documents. Examples of browsers are Netscape, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mosaic, Mac web, and Net cruiser.

  10. Examples of some browsers:Netscape Navigator Safari Opera Internet Explorer Mozilla Foxfire

  11. Search Engine • A web site that will help you search the Internet for key words, subjects, etc. • Examples are: • Ask.com • Bing • Google • Yahoo

  12. URL • UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR- The unique address of any web page. It tells your computer where the information is stored so it can be viewed.

  13. ISP =Internet Service Provider

  14. Domain • A way to indicate what type of site you may be viewing. In the U.S. some common domains are .com-commercial, .org- non-profit and research organizations, .gov- government agency, .edu-education. More are constantly being added so theses should only be used as guidelines to help you know what type of site you are on.

  15. HTML • The Language used to create Web Pages

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