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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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