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Module Two. Using Microsoft Internet Explorer. What is a Web Browser?. Web browser: a program used to display and interact with documents available through the World Wide Web.
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Module Two Using Microsoft Internet Explorer
What is a Web Browser? Web browser: a program used to display and interact with documents available through the World Wide Web The World Wide Web: all the resources and users on the Internet that are using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (http://) URL: (Uniform Resource Locator) the address or path to a file on the Internet or on a disk drive attached to a computer Domain Name: locates an organization or other entity on the Internet.
Internet Explorer Basics Back button: Click to return to the previous page. Forward button: Click to go to the next page in a series of pages you have already visited. Stop button: While a file is loading, click to stop. Refresh button: Click this to update the current page if all the latest or expected information did not appear. Helpful if you are seeing old information on a page that is updated frequently or if graphics appear to load incorrectly. Home button: Click to go to your home page (the first page you see when you open your browser). Search button: Click to open a window for searching the World Wide Web Favorites button: Click to open a window that displays links to sites in your favorites list. History button: Click to open a window that displays a list of Websites you have already visited.
Entering a URL Two ways to manually (not by clicking a hyperlink) enter a URL: • Use the File Menu a. Click on File then Open b. Type the URL in the white space next to Open:c. Press the Enter key or click OK • Type the URL into the Address bar • a. Click in the address bar to select the text (it will be hi-lighted in blue) b. Press the delete or backspace key to erase what is there c. Type the URL. Be sure to start with http://