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Telephone and Cable Lines: These help in establishing
                                                     a link between the different computers and the servers.



                      Modem: It stands for Modulator Demodulator. Modem
                     transfers  digital  information  over  telephone  lines  and
                     vice-versa.

                                         Web Browser: It is a software program which helps the user in
                                         opening and displaying the different web pages. The different

                                         types of web browsers are Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, etc.
                      ISP: It stands for Internet Service Provider. It is a company
                     that provides Internet access on payment of a monthly fee.

                     Some of the ISPs are Airtel, Vi (Vodafone Idea), BSNL (Bharat
                     Sanchar  Nigam  Limited),  MTNL  (Mahanagar  Telephone
                     Nigam Limited.), Jio, etc.
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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  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 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.


                                    Imagine,  your  web  browser  could  help  you  plan  a  virtual  cultural  festival.
                                    What events and activities would you include in it, and how would you use the
                                    browser to invite people from all over the world?





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