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Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology to provide wireless high-speed
Internet and network connections.
Common Terms
URL: It stands for Uniform Resource Locater. It is the unique address of a website, such
as www.google.com, www.rediffmail.com.
Hyperlink: It is a link on a text or on an image, which on clicking takes the user to the
another location. These are highlighted and underlined text which changes the mouse
pointer to a hand pointer ( ) when mouse pointer is placed over these links.
Offline: When the user works on a system without the Internet connection then it is
called offline.
Online: When the user works on a system with the Internet connection then it is called
online.
Surfing: Moving from one website to another or one web page to another is called surfing.
Website: A collection of related web pages is called a website.
Web page: A single online page related to a topic is called a web page.
Critical Thinking
byte Quest Information Literacy
Look at the pictures and fill in the blanks.
1. F__C__ __O__K 2. W__A__S__P__
3. __N__T__ __R__M 4. M__D__ __
REFRESH
Internet is a global network of millions of computers and computer networks all over the
world.
The various uses of Internet are e-mail, information, online shopping, online chatting, and
downloading and uploading data.
The things required for having an Internet connection are computer system, telephone and
cable lines, modem, web browser and ISP.
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