Explaining the Internet, Search Engines, Web Browsers, and Filter Bubbles.

1. COMPUTERS 7 SEARCHING
DECEMBER 2019
M. RIDDELL

2. WHAT IS THE INTERNET?
• The Internet is a network of cables that run across the world
connecting all computers. Also known as the World Wide Web.

3. WHAT IS A WEB BROWSER?
• The web browser is the main app or program on a computer
that displays the information from the Internet or World Wide
Web.
• Examples: Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari

4. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
INTERNET AND A BROWSER?
• The Internet stores the information and the web browser
displays it.

5. WHAT ARE SEARCH ENGINES?
• Search engines are different programs that you can use
keywords to search for specific information on the Internet or
World Wide Web.

6. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A
SEARCH ENGINE AND A BROWSER?
• A browser is the main app/program on the computer that
displays the information from the Internet but the search
engines allow you to use keywords to find that specific
information.
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7. HOW DO SEARCH ENGINES WORK?
1)You type in a search term.
2)The search engines send out spiders or crawlers to find pages
with that term in them.
3)The search then indexes the pages they found by organizing
them and storing them.
4)The search engine then uses algorithms to show the most
relevant web pages to your search.

8. WHAT IS A FILTER BUBBLE?
• Filter bubbles occur when the search engine takes all the
information you've searched and guesses what you will want
next. It tries to personalize you search based on what you have
done previously.