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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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