Internet

Internet -Not all computers have Internet; Internet access is a service that is genralllly purchased like a phone service or cable television. Many websites are available on the Internet; its like a huge library with tons of books. Some are good and Some are bad. Some are true and Some are not. Some are text only and Some have pictures and are interactive. Some offer you something; some try to sell something, or ask for personal info; never give personal info.

Programs used to access Internet are called Browsers Some popular browsers are Internet Explorer, Netscape, Firefox, Safari What browser do we use at school? Locate the browser icon on the desktop; Double click it.

The first website that appears when you get on the internet is called the Homepage Ads appear on many websites. Some are tricky, saying you won something or your computer needs to be improved. You can click the X button to close the popup ads.

A Link is something you can click. The pointing hand indicates that the area is a link. its clickable. Links can be pictures, also called graphics or they can be text. Usually text links stand out by being a different color and underlined.

A Link opens another page or a document. To get back to the Previous page, click the Back button on your browsers toolbar.

A Link that is text only can also be called a hypertext, hyper meaning clickable. You click a link once.

Locate the Address bar. The address is also known as the URL. Uniform Resource Location. www. stands for World Wide Web. The domain part of the URL .com indicates that the site is a commercial

Different kinds of URL-www.funbrain.com [|www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc-uk] means united kingdom [|www.nasa.gov-government] site

Menu Bar-It begins with File, Edit, View. Its called the menu bar because every item on it brings a menu. A menu is a list of choices.

Favorites Menu-Some browsers like Safari call it Bookmarks.

Tool Bar-

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