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REQUIREMENTS FOR CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET COMMONLY USED INTERNET TERMS
A computer requires the following things to connect to the There are some basic terms that are associated with Internet. These are:
Internet: Web Page: It is a digital document on
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Modem: The modem stands for modulator-demodulator. 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.”
- Mr. Techie
Websites: It is a collection of related
Telephone Connection: A telephone connection acts as a
medium to transfer data from one computer to another. 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.
Internet Connection: An Internet connection is Web Browser: It is a software that helps to view a website on a computer, mobile
provided by many Internet Service Providers (ISP) or tab. Computers running the Windows 10 operating system come with Microsoft
on payment of a monthly fee. Some of the ISPs are Edge as their default web browser.
BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited), Jio, Airtel, URL: It stands for Uniform Resource Locator. It is the address of a website, such
Vodafone, etc. as www.google.com, www.rediffmail.com, etc.
Search Engine: A search engine is a program that searches through the collection
Web Browser: A web of web pages and helps us locate the website or information we are looking for.
browser is a software used to Google is the most popular search engine. Some other examples are Bing and
open various web pages and Yahoo.
fetch or retrieve information
Microsoft Mozilla Google Safari from the World Wide Web.
Edge Firefox Chrome Some of the most commonly uiz Fill in the blanks.
used web browsers are: Bee 1. _____________ is a device that enables a computer to transmit
Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari. data over a network.
2. ISP stands for _____________ .
Name of the first web browser
USING URLs
URLs are the key to navigate the web. To open a website, type the URL in the
Computer System: It is an integrated system with all the browser’s address bar that appears at the top of the browser window and then,
different types of input, output, processing and storage press the Enter key.
devices.
Suppose, you want to visit the website of Touchpad. To do this, you can type
https://www.orangeeducation.in in the address bar and press the Enter key.
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