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•  Then the web browser sends a request to a web server.

                  •  The web server then locates the files and downloads it to your computer.
                  •  Finally, the web browser displays the page on your screen.

                  The URL or the web addresses of websites start with http://. The address of some websites
                  such as a bank, e-commerce, etc. start with https://. Here ‘s’ stands for secure which
                  means the website is a secured for browsing.
                  Net Surfing

                  It is a commonly used term that means using the Internet through an application called

                  a web browser.
                  World Wide Web


                  The World Wide Web is an important part of the Internet. The World
                  Wide Web refers to the  largest collection of information in the form of
                  websites on the Internet. The information can be a combination of text,
                  graphics, audio, video, etc.
                  Online and Offline                                   Info Byte

                  When the user works on a system with                 Yahoo was initially called “Jerry and
                  an  Internet connection then  it is called           David’s Guide to the World Wide Web.”

                  online.
                  When the user works on a system without an Internet connection then it is called offline.
                  Website

                  A website is a collection of linked web pages. The first page of a website, which is displayed
                  by default, is called a home page. The web is a collection of websites. There are millions
                  of websites that contain many web pages.
                  Webpage

                  A Web page is the basic unit of every website. A web page is the same as a page in a
                  book. A web page may contain text, images, photographs, sound or video.


















                  Home Page


                  It is the main page of a website. It contains the main information of the website and also
                  provides links to other pages.



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