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The INTERNET
What is the Internet?
Many computers can be connected to share
information. This is called a network.
The Internet is a collection of networks, in
which all the computers can “talk to each
other” and share information.
It isn’t a thing…you can’t touch it.
And it isn’t a place…you can’t actually go
there.
Who made the Internet?
Started in 1969 by the Department of
Defense.
In the late 1980s companies found a
way to move information through the
internet faster and cheaper.
This is when the public started to hear
about the Internet.
What is the World Wide
Web? (WWW)
The name for the part of the Internet
that most people use.
The World Wide Web lets you click on
things, see pictures, hear sounds, and
watch video.
Also called The Web or The Net
MODEM
A piece of computer
hardware that
changes computer
signals to analog
signals that can be
sent across phone
lines.
BROWSER
A program that lets
you see a Web
page. Also known as
a Web browser.
We will use
Microsoft Internet
Explorer.
Email
Electronic Mail. Text
messages sent
through a network to
one person or a
group. Email
messages can also
carry attached files.
Spam or Junk Mail
E-mail messages
from people you
don’t know that you
don’t want.
Usually advertising
a product.
An e-mail message
from someone you
don’t know can have
a virus. Don’t open
it!
Chat
Live communication
over the Internet
Relay Chat service
or an online service.
As one person
enters text it
appears on the
other person's
screen in "real time",
or almost instantly.
URL
http://www.exploratorium.edu
Uniform Resource Locator.
It is like an address for the website. It
tells the computer where the information
is and how to access it.
This is also known as the "Web site
address."
Web Address Endings
.com
operated by a company
.org
operated by a non-profit
.gov
operated by a branch of the
government
operated by a school or college
.edu
LINK
A word or phrase
that you can click on
to show a web page
with more
information. Links in
a Web browser are
usually underlined
and are a different
color than the rest of
the text.
Going Back
•Click on the
BACK button to
go to the
webpage you
saw before this
one.
•You can click
on the BACK
button many
times.
Search Engine
A tool that we can
use to find
information through
searches for
keywords and
phrases.