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    COMMONLY USED INTERNET TERMS

                      There are some basic terms that are associated with Internet. These are:

                         Web Page: It is a digital document on the Internet. It contains information in the
                        form of text, pictures, animations, videos, etc.

                         Websites: It is a collection of related web pages that provide information.

                         World Wide Web: It is a virtual storehouse of information. In fact, it is the largest

                        collection of electronic information which is stored in the form of websites.

                         Web Browser: It is a software that helps to view a website on a computer, mobile
                        or tab. Computers running the Windows 11 operating system come with Microsoft

                        Edge as their default web browser.

                         URL: It stands for Uniform Resource Locator. It is the address of a website, such
                        as www.google.com., www.rediffmail.com, etc.

                         Search Engine: A search engine is a program that searches through the collection
                        of web pages and helps us locate the website or information we are looking for.

                        Google is the most popular search engine. Some other examples are Bing and
                        Yahoo.

                                               Fill in the blanks.
                              uiz   Bee        1.   The _____________ stands for modulator-demodulator.

                                               2.  ISP stands for _____________ .

                                USING URLs

                      URLs  are the  key to navigate  the web. To open a website, type the URL  in the

                      browser’s address bar that appears at the top of the browser window and then,
                      press the Enter key.

                      Suppose, you want to visit the website of Orange Education. To do this, you can type
                      https://www.orangeeducation.in in the address bar and press the Enter key.

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