The document discusses various uses and components of the Internet. It describes how the Internet connects networks to allow information exchange. It discusses that an Internet connection requires a computing device, connection device, and Internet Service Provider. It also summarizes the different types of Internet connections as dedicated or dial-up. The document outlines key components of a website URL like the protocol, domain name, and file path. It also explains how hyperlinks allow easy navigation between web pages. Finally, it provides an overview of common web browsers and search engines that enable researching and communicating online.
3. USES OF THE INTERNET
Imagine a scenario where you want to
communicate by using a computer on your
network with a computer on another network.
For this, both the networks need to be
connected.
The Internet is a collection of networks that are
connected together for exchange of
information. When the computer is connected
to the Internet, it is said to be online.
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5. To connect to the Internet,
you need a:
• Computing device,
• A connection device
• An Internet Service Provider (ISP).
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6. TYPES OF INTERNET
CONNECTIONS
There are two different types of Internet
connections:
1. dedicated Internet connections
2. dial-up Internet connections.
You can choose the type of connection
depending on your requirement and
budget.
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8. WEBSITE
A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or
address is the standard convention for
specifying the location of every resource
on the Internet.
You have to specify a URL in order to open
a resource. This resource can be a
document or service.
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9. The components of a URL
Element Description
http:// Indicates the protocol to be used to access a file.
www Indicates that the Web site is on the Web.
Microsoft Indicates the name of the domain.
.com Indicates the type of domain.
/learning/default.asp Indicates the path of the document.
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10. HYPERLINK
Pages on the web are interconnected. You
connect to other pages by clicking text or graphics
that are called hyperlinks.Hyperlinks are
underlined words or bordered graphics that have
web addresses embedded in them.
By clicking a hyperlink, you jump to a particular
page in a particular web site. You can easily
identify a hyperlink. Hypertext links are of different
colour from the rest of the text in a web site.
Surfing the web means following hyperlinks to
different web pages. As you surf around the web,
you may find pages you have read about or seen
mentioned on the television.
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11. USING INTERNET APPLICATIONS FOR
RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATION
WEB BROWSER
To use the Web you need a client called an Internet browser.
One of the first Web Browsers was Mosaic developed by
Netscape founder Marc Andreeseen and was released by
National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).
A Web browser helps you to view the contents of the Internet
and to help you to do mailing and
downloading of software.
Here are some commonly used browsers:
• Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Mozilla
• Netscape Communicator
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12. USING SEARCH ENGINE
There are millions of documents on the
Internet. Those that we access through
links are only a
handful. In order to make more Web pages
available for us all there are some
organisations that
have created and maintained an Internet
Search tool that is free for all to use.
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13. TECHNIQUES TO USE SEARCH
ENGINE
Doing a search on Google is easy. Simply type
one or more search terms (the words or
phrase that best describe the information you want
to find) into the search box and hit
the 'Enter' key or click on the Google Search
button.
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