Internet Vocabulary CTE Intro URL The address of
Internet Vocabulary CTE Intro
URL The “address” of a website. Entering this address in the Address Bar will take you directly to a particular website. ¡ Ex: www. google. com ¡ Warning: Do NOT type in an address if you aren’t sure it exists. You might see something you didn’t intend. ¡
WWW ¡ World Wide Web – not all websites are on the World Wide Web, but most will require it in order to get in. Most websites begin with: http: //www.
Browser ¡ ¡ A program that allows you to interact with internet. This is what you click on to get to the internet. There are several popular browsers: l l l Explorer Netscape Firefox Google Chrome Safari
Search Engine ¡ Powerful servers that keep an index of information on the Internet. l l l ¡ Google Yahoo Ask. com Remember—search engines don’t “think. ” They search by KEYWORD.
Network ¡ A number of computers connected together to share information and hardware. l A Local Area Network (LAN) is small, perhaps a few computers sharing a printer. A Wide Area Network (WAN) is large, with many computers linked between towns or countries. The Internet is a network of networks that circles the globe.
Server ¡ A computer that delivers information and software to other computers linked by a network l All websites must be uploaded to a server in order to be seen by the public on the website.
HTML Code ¡ ¡ A code language used to create websites on the internet. Websites look very different when you see only the code. Every command has a code, such as: l l l <b>Mrs. Rees is Awesome!</b> The <> is code, and will not actually show up when the page is loaded onto the internet. This is the code for bolding text.
Searching the Internet ¡ You will now learn to: l l l Find good information on the internet Search for images Save images to your computer
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