Internet Vocabulary

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Internet Vocabulary

• CTE Intro

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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 arent
  sure it exists. You might see something you
  didnt intend.

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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.

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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
• Explorer
• Netscape
• Firefox

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Search Engine

• Powerful servers that keep an index of
  information on the Internet.
• Google
• Yahoo
• Ask.com

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Network

• A network is a number of computers connected
  together to share information and hardware.
• 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.

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Server

• A computer that delivers information and software
  to other computers linked by a network
• All websites must be uploaded to a server in
  order to be seen by the public on the website.

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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
• lta hrefgthttp//www.yahoo.comlt/agt
• This is the code for making a link to yahoo.
• Lets look at some more codes!
• http//www.jordandistrict.org

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Searching the Internet

• You will now learn to
• Find good information on the internet
• Search for images
• Save images to your computer