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Title: The Internet, the World Wide Web


1
The Internet, the World Wide Web
  • and what it means to us
  • here in Quambone

2
What is the Internet
  • The Internet and the World Wide Web are NOT the
    same thing
  • The Internet is a vast network of computers all
    linked together.
  • The World Wide Web is a way of viewing
    information that is stored on the internet using
    a special language (html).

3
How do I access the World Wide Web?
  • You need
  • Computer (with modem)
  • Phone line
  • Internet Service Provider
  • Browser program

4
Browsers
  • Internet Explorer
  • Netscape Communicator or Navigator
  • Allow us to access the WWW

5
Opening a browser
  • Double click on the Internet Explorer symbol on
    your desktop
  • It will open to the home page

6
What a web page looks like
  • Title
  • Menu Bar
  • Buttons
  • Address
  • Text and graphics
  • Scroll bars

http//www.yahoo.com
7
How do you read an World wide web address?
  • H T T P / /
  • World Wide Web ( W W W )
  • Domain name which includes
  • Identifier (eg thefarmshed)
  • Type of site (.gov, .edu, .com etc)
  • Country identifier (.au, .uk etc)
  • Everything is separated by dots or forward
    slashes http//www.thefarmshed.com.au

8
Working in a page
  • Type in www.smh.com.au
  • Press enter
  • WAIT (be patient)

9
Navigating
  • Navigating means moving around the web
  • You can use
  • Links
  • Buttons
  • Addresses
  • Favourites/Bookmarks

10
The page itself
  • The page contains graphics and text.
  • It also has links.
  • You find a link by moving your cursor over the
    page
  • Links can be text, graphics, photographs or blank
    areas
  • A link will take you somewhere

11
Those buttons and how to use them
  • Back
  • Forward
  • Stop
  • Refresh (reload)
  • Home
  • Search
  • Favorites
  • History
  • Mail
  • Print
  • Edit
  • Discuss

12
Tricky stuff 1
  • Multiple back or forward clicks
  • Using the little arrow

13
Tricky stuff 2
  • Using the address bar click
  • Auto-complete

14
Not searching - finding
  • There are different search engines
  • Results differ
  • Search button is limiting
  • Add good search engines to favourites in folder
  • Try a variety of engines

15
Search tips
  • Be specific. The clearer you are, the more youll
    find
  • Use lower case letters
  • Use
  • Use -
  • Use inverted commas

16
Search engines
  • www.google.com
  • www.altavista.com
  • www.yahoo.com
  • Australian search engines include
  • www.webwombat.com.au
  • www.anzwers.com.au
  • www.altavista.com.au

17
Websites
  • http//www.graincorp.com.au/
  • http//www.thefarmshed.com.au/
  • http//www.theweather.com.au/
  • http//www.ezibuy.com.au/
  • http//theland.farmonline.com.au/
  • http//www.smh.com.au/
  • http//www.rirdc.gov.au/
  • http//www.beef.crc.org.au/
  • http//www.amazon.com
  • http//www.dstore.com.au/

18
HTML
  • nbsp lta href"/news/0104/21/pageone/index.html"gt
    Page Onelt/agtltbrgt
  • nbsp lta href"/news/0104/21/national/index.html"
    gtNationallt/agtltbrgt
  • nbsp lta href"/news/0104/21/world/index.html"gtWo
    rldlt/agtltbrgt
  • nbsp lta href"/news/0104/21/features/index.html"
    gtFeatures/Artslt/agtltbrgt
  • nbsp lta href"/entertainment/index.html"gtEnterta
    inmentlt/agtltbrgt
  • nbsp lta href"/news/0104/21/html/column8.html"gtC
    olumn 8lt/agtltbrgt
  • nbsp lta href"/news/0104/21/html/editorial.html"
    gtEditoriallt/agtltbrgt
  • nbsp lta href"/news/0104/21/index.html"gta.m.
    Editionlt/agtltbrgt
  • nbsp lta href"/text/"gtText Indexlt/agtltbrgt

19
HTML
This is how the previous page of HTML is read by
the computer and displayed.
20
Glossary
  • HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language
  • WWW World Wide Web
  • ISP Internet Service Provider
  • Browser program we use to read the World Wide
    Web
  • Internet a network of computers world wide
  • Domain the name of a site
  • Web page a place where information is displayed
    in HTML on the internet
  • TCP/IP transfer control protocol/internet
    protocol
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