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What does the Internet offer?

What does the Internet offer?. Electronic mail. Information. Programs. (local and international message exchange). (reviews of magazines, newspapers, government documents, speeches, recipes, airline schedules, etc.). (thousands of free programs). PP IM-1a. What does the Internet offer?.

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What does the Internet offer?

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  1. What does the Internet offer? Electronic mail Information Programs (local and international message exchange) (reviews of magazines, newspapers, government documents, speeches, recipes, airline schedules, etc.) (thousands of free programs) PP IM-1a

  2. What does the Internet offer? Entertainment Discussion groups Online shopping (games, movie reviews, interactive conversations) (thousands of groups on environment, food, humor, music, pets, photography) continued PP IM-1b

  3. World Wide Web (WWW or W3) The World Wide Web is a graphical, easy-to-use system on the Internet. A Website is a university, government agency, or company that stores Web pages. Web pages… are stored on computers around the world. contain vast amounts of information. may have graphics, sound, and movies. PP IM-2

  4. Home Page The first page you see when you start your Web browser is the home page. You can choose any page around the world as your home page. The home page should be attractive and interesting with a variety of links to other Websites. PP IM-3

  5. Web Browser A program that lets you view and explore information on the World Wide Web is a Web browser. Examples: Netscape Microsoft Explorer PP IM-4

  6. Hypermedia The multimedia capability that allows delivery of graphics, sound, video clips, animation, and regular text is known as hypermedia. Hypertext is text that contains links to other pages on the Web. Hypermedia is replacing the word hypertext since pages now contain links to pictures, sound, and video. PP IM-5

  7. Uniform Resource Locator (URL) Abbreviated URL Pronounced you are ell A unique address of a Web page The use of upper- and lower-case letters and marks of punctuation must be exact Example: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wfront.htm PP IM-6

  8. The URL File specification Protocol Domain name The URL has 3 parts. Example: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wfront.htm PP IM-7

  9. Protocol The protocol is the set of rules the computer follows. http:// The http means hypertext transfer protocol. This is the method a Web browser uses to read pages on the Web. The colon (:)and slashes (//) are required punctuation. PP IM-8

  10. Domain Name The domain name is the Internet address of the computer on the Internet where the Web page is located. www.usatoday.com/ This address is a World Wide Web (www) page for USA Today (usatoday.com). The domain name includes periods (.) and is followed by one slash (/). PP IM-9

  11. File Specification (optional) The file specification includes the filename and possibly a directory or folder name. weather/wfront.htm This information is called thepath. If no path to a Web page is in the URL, a default Web page (usually the Web site’s home page) is displayed. PP IM-10

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