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Launching Your Browser

                 You  may  need  to  connect  to  the  Internet  before  launching  the
                 browser.  Once  you  have  established  a  connection,  launch  your

                 browser by clicking on the Firefox Web Browser icon at the top-left
                 of the desktop.


                     USING URLs

                 You have learnt in previous class that every Web page has a unique
                 address, called a Uniform Resource Locator, or URL. URLs are the key
                 to navigating the Web. When you provide a URL to the browser, the                      Launching a
                                                                                                       Web browser
                 browser finds that URL’s Web page and then transfers the Web page
                 to your PC. The content of the web page then appears in the Web browser window.

                 You can specify a URL in several ways, but two methods are commonly used:
                 Using Address Bar


                 Step 1   Type the URL in the browser’s Address bar.
                 Step 2   Press the Enter key from the keyboard.

                 Suppose, you want to visit the Website of Google. To do
                 this, you can type www.google.com in the Address bar                        Using Address Bar
                 and  then  press  Enter  key.  The home page of Google
                 appears in the browser window.









                                                                             Migratory birds navigate with
                                                                               magnetic fields, just as the
                                                                              Internet routes data through
                                                                                    different networks.





                                      Using URLs
                 Using Hyperlink


                 A hyperlink is simply a part of the Web page that is linked to a URL. A hyperlink can
                 appear as text, an image, or a navigational tool such as a button or an arrow. You
                 can click a hyperlink and jump from your present location to the URL specified by

                 the hyperlink. Hyperlinked text usually looks different from normal text in a Web
                 page. It is often underlined, but can be formatted in a number of ways.


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