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BROWSER ANATOMY (EXPLORER 9) BAR
Navigation
Buttons
Menu
Bar
Tabs
Home Page
(Google)
Address Bar
Refresh/Stop
Search Bar
Minimize
Maximize
Close
Favorites
Bar
Search
Engine
(Google)
Status Bar
Navigation
Buttons
Menu Bar
After you click on a link, you might want to go back to the previous page. You can do
this using your browser's Back button. Once you've pressed the Back button, you can
press the Forward button to follow the link again. When you use the Back and
Forward buttons, your browser may use its web cache to display the page. The web
cache stores recently-viewed web pages so that they don't need to be downloaded
again. That's usually good because it speeds up your web browsing, but sometimes
you want to see the most up-to-date information on the page. You can use the
Refresh button (sometimes called Reload) to tell the browser to load the page
again.
When you use the Back and Forward buttons, your browser may use its web cache to
display the page. The web cache stores recently-viewed web pages so that they don't
need to be downloaded again. That's usually good because it speeds up your web
browsing, but sometimes you want to see the most up-to-date information on the
page. You can use the Refresh button (sometimes called Reload) to tell the browser to
load the page again.
Favorites Bar
Tabs
Home Page
Status Bar
Refresh/Stop
Search Bar
Address Bar
If you've found a page you'd like to go back to later, you can add it to your
Bookmarks (sometimes called Favorites). Bookmarks make it easier to find a page
later on. Instead of having to remember the exact web address, you can just scroll
through your bookmarks until you see the name of the page
Many browsers allow you to open a link in a new tab. This allows you to keep the
current page open instead of going directly to the new page. Tabs are designed to
make browsing more convenient. You can open as many links as you want, and they'll
stay in the same browser window instead of cluttering up your desktop with multiple
windows.
The landing page when you open your web browser. You can change the home page
by selecting the Tools MenuInternet OptionsGeneral Tab and type in the web
address of the home page you want to access. This home page is set to the Google
Search engine.
The status bar provides current information about the display window. When
hovering your mouse over an active link, the status bar provides the address that link
will go; you can also zoom in/out of the webpage for better viewing.
You can use the Refresh button (sometimes called Reload) to tell the browser to load
the page again. If a page is taking too long to load, or if you've typed in the wrong
URL, you use the Stop button to stop the page from loading.
Most browsers have a built-in search bar, located to the right of the address bar. To
do a search, just type what you're looking for (known as the search terms) in the
search bar, and then press Enter. Your browser will then take you to the search
engine's web site to show you the search results, which is a list of all of the web sites
that contain your search terms.
Browsers have an address bar that shows the web address (also called a URL) of the
page you are on. To go to a different page, you can type an address in the address bar
and then press Enter (or Return).
Address Domain Extensions
World Wide Web
Web Browsers
Google Chrome
.gov - Government agencies
.edu - Educational institutions
.org - Organizations (nonprofit)
.mil - Military
.com - commercial business
.net - Network organizations
Internet Explorer
Appe Safari
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Blog: Short for “web log” a web site that is usually updated frequently, often with news articles or random thoughts. Some sites,
such as blogger.com, allow you to create and edit your own blog.
Browser: A Web browser, often just called a "browser," is the program people use to access the World Wide Web.
Cache: A cache stores recently-used information in a place where it can be accessed extremely fast. For example, a Web browser
like Internet Explorer uses a cache to store the pages, images, and URLs of recently visited Web sites on your hard drive.
E-mail: short for electronic mail that sends and receives messages online. Many email services (gmail, yahoo mail) also provide
services such as calendars, task lists, messaging, web feeds and news headlines.
Internet: The physical network of computers all over the world.
HTML: The computer language that webpages are written in. They are specially formatted documents that contain links, images,
and other media.
http: Stands for "HyperText Transfer Protocol." This is the protocol used to transfer data over the World Wide Web. That's why all
Web site addresses begin with "http://". Whenever you type a URL into your browser and hit Enter, your computer sends an HTTP
request to the appropriate Web server. The Web server, which is designed to handle HTTP requests, then sends to you the
requested HTML page.
LAN: Local Area Network is two or more computers connected to each other that enables people to share information.
Plug-in: A software plug-in is an add-on for a program that adds functionality to it. For example, a Photoshop plug-in (such as Eye
Candy) may add extra filters that you can use to manipulate images. A browser plug-in (such as Macromedia Flash or Apple
QuickTime) allows you to play certain multimedia files within your Web browser. VST plug-ins add effects for audio recording and
sequencing programs such as Cubase and Logic Audio.
Podcast: series of audio or video files that are automatically downloaded to you computer. The files can be played on a computer
or MP3 player. A podcast is basically a web feed for media and has to be fully downloaded before playing, unlike streaming.
Search Engine: Google, Bing, Excite, Lycos, AltaVista, Infoseek, and Yahoo are all search engines. They index millions of sites on the
Web, so that Web surfers like you and me can easily find Web sites with the information we want. When you are looking for
something using a search engine, it is a good idea to use words like AND, OR, and NOT to specify your search. Using these Boolean
operators, you can usually get a list of more relevant sites.
Social Bookmarking: Allows internet users to share and rate interesting sites and rank them by popularity or rating. (i.e. Digg,
Delicious, Reddit).
Social Networking: online services that allow people to interact with each other to stay connected with friends and family.
Examples include Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn
Streaming: downloading media files while they are playing so you don’t have to wait for it first to download. Media starts
downloading a little bit before the actual media begins to play (referred to as buffering) so that it can play more smoothly.
VoIP: Voice over Internet Protocol is also known as internet telephone. This allows users to have telephone service through an
internet connection. One example is Skype.
WAN: Wide Area Network is similar to a Local Area Network (LAN), but it's a lot bigger. Unlike LANs, WANs are not limited to a
single location. Many wide area networks span long distances via telephone lines, fiber-optic cables, or satellite links. They can
also be composed of smaller LANs that are interconnected. The Internet could be described as the biggest WAN in the world.
Web Feed: Also known as news feed is a way to receive updates from your favorite websites and blogs. Instead of visiting many
sites, you can read feeds on a feed reader. Common formats are RSS and Atom.
Wi-Fi: Short for wireless fidelity is a technology that allows computers and other devices to communicate over a wireless signal.
Wiki: A type of website that allows anyone to edit or create content and allows information to stay up-to-date. Examples include
Wikipedia, an encyclopedia or WikiHow, a collection of how-to guides.
WWW: Stands for "World Wide Web." It is important to know that this is not a synonym for the Internet. The World Wide Web, or
just "the Web," as ordinary people call it, is a subset of the Internet. The Web consists of pages that can be accessed using a Web
browser. The Internet is the actual network of networks where all the information resides. Things like Telnet, FTP, Internet
gaming, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), and e-mail are all part of the Internet, but are not part of the World Wide Web. The Hyper-Text
Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is the method used to transfer Web pages to your computer. With hypertext, a word or phrase can
contain a link to another Web site. All Web pages are written in the hyper-text markup language (HTML), which works in
conjunction with HTTP.
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LinkedIn
Linkedin is a social networking website just like Facebook and Twitter but more
focused on business and professional point of view. It is quite popular and people
connect to their colleagues or even represent their portfolio and resume in this
website.
A social utility that connects people with friends, family, and businesses and
Facebook organizations. People can use Facebook to keep up with friends by posting
messages to their profile or personal email.
Delicious
Delicious is a social bookmarking service that allows users to tag, save, manage
and share web pages from a centralized source. With emphasis on the power of
the community, Delicious greatly improves how people discover, remember and
share on the Internet. With Delicious you can: Bookmark any site on the web and
access it from any computer, share your bookmarks and get bookmarks in return,
discover the most useful and interesting bookmarks on the web.
Twitter
Twitter is a social networking and micro blogging service that allows you answer
the question, "What are you doing?" by sending short text messages 140
characters in length, called "tweets", to your friends, or "followers."
RSS Feed
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RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content.
Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their
content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.
Gmail
Gmail is a free, advertising-supported email service provided by Google. Users
may access Gmail as secure webmail as well via POP3 or IMAP protocols.
Skype
Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice and video calls and
chats over the Internet. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free,
while calls to both traditional landline telephones and mobile phones can be made
for a fee using a debit-based user account system.
Yahoo
Mail
Yahoo! Mail is a free web mail service provided by Yahoo!.
You Tube
YouTube is an online video-sharing website which enables its users to upload
videos, and watch videos at their discretion.
Pinterest
Pinterest is a pinboard-style photo sharing website that allows users to create and
manage theme-based image collections such as events, interests, hobbies, and
more. Users can browse other pinboards for inspiration, 're-pin' images to their
own pinboards, or 'like' photos.
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