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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
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                    the Internet. It contains information in                             Century   #Initiative
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                    the form of text, pictures, animations,            “Do  not  share your private
                    videos, etc.                                       information on the Internet.”

                     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 10 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.




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                                           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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