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Web Browser
We gather information from different websites.
A web browser is special software that is used
to open these websites.
Microsoft Mozilla Google
Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Edge Firefox Chrome
Edge are some of the most commonly used web
browsers.
Search Engine
Search engine is a web-based application
used to look for information on the Internet.
There are a variety of search engines used
nowadays. The most popular search engines
are Google, Bing and Yahoo.
i + USING URLs
Every website on Internet has a unique Info Byte
address. This address of a website is called
The World Wide Web, or
as Uniform Resource Locator or URL. WWW, was invented by Sir
URLs are the key to navigating the Web. Tim Berners-Lee in 1989.
Opening a Web Page
To open a web page, follow the given steps:
Step 1 Type the URL in the browser’s Address bar that appears at the top of the browser
window.
Step 2 Press the Enter key from the keyboard.
Suppose, you want to visit the Amazon website. To do this, you can type
www.amazon.in in the Address bar and press the Enter key.
The home page will open as shown:
URL Address bar
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The Internet—An Introduction

