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Internet Vocabulary. CTE Intro. URL. The “address” of a website. Entering this address in the Address Bar will take you directly to a particular website. Ex: www.google.com Warning: Do NOT type in an address if you aren’t sure it exists. You might see something you didn’t intend. WWW.
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Internet Vocabulary CTE Intro
URL • The “address” of a website. Entering this address in the Address Bar will take you directly to a particular website. • Ex: www.google.com • Warning: Do NOT type in an address if you aren’t sure it exists. You might see something you didn’t intend.
WWW • World Wide Web – not all websites are on the World Wide Web, but most will require it in order to get in. Most websites begin with: http://www.
Browser • A program that allows you to interact with internet. • This is what you click on to get to the internet. There are several popular browsers: • Explorer • Netscape • Firefox • Google Chrome • Safari
Search Engine • Powerful servers that keep an index of information on the Internet. • Google • Yahoo • Ask.com • Remember—search engines don’t “think.” They search by KEYWORD.
Network • A number of computers connected together to share information and hardware. • A Local Area Network (LAN) is small, perhaps a few computers sharing a printer. A Wide Area Network (WAN) is large, with many computers linked between towns or countries. The Internet is a network of networks that circles the globe.
Server • A computer that delivers information and software to other computers linked by a network • All websites must be uploaded to a server in order to be seen by the public on the website.
HTML Code • A code language used to create websites on the internet. • Websites look very different when you see only the code. Every command has a code, such as: • <b>Mrs. Rees is Awesome!</b> • The <> is code, and will not actually show up when the page is loaded onto the internet. • This is the code for bolding text.
Searching the Internet • You will now learn to: • Find good information on the internet • Search for images • Save images to your computer