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Web Browser: It is a software program which helps the user in
                                  opening and displaying the different web pages. The different

                                  types  of  web  browsers  are  Google  Chrome,  Microsoft  Edge,
                                  Mozilla Firefox, Opera etc.



                ISP:  It  stands  for  Internet  Service  Provider.  It  is  a

                company that provides Internet access on payment of
                a  monthly  fee.  Some  of  the  ISPs  are  Vodafone  Idea,

                Airtel,  BSNL,  (Bharat  Sanchar  Nigam  Limited),  MTNL
                (Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited.), Jio, etc.



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              Wi-Fi  is  a popular  wireless networking technology  to provide wireless
              high-speed Internet and network connections.



                COMMON TERMS

                URL: It stands for Uniform Resource Locater. It is the address of a website, such
               as www.google.com, www.rediffmail.com


                Hyperlink: It is a link on a text or on an image, which on clicking takes the user to
               the another location. These are highlighted and underlined text which changes

               the mouse pointer to a hand pointer (               ) when mouse pointer is placed over
               these links.


                Offline: When the user works on a system without the Internet connection then
               it is called offline.

                Online: When the user works on a system with the Internet connection then it

               is called online.

                Surfing: Moving from one website to another or one webpage to another is
               called surfing.


                Website: A collection of related webpages is called a website.

                Web Page: A single online page related to a topic is called a web page.




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