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Website


                 a website is a collection of 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.


                  Uniform Resource Locator (URL)


                 each web page or website has a unique address called a Uniform Resource Locator                            More about internet
                 or URL. The URL is the specific address of a web page.


                 to access a website:
                 ●  You first need to enter its web address (or URL) in Address bar of the browser.

                 ●  then the web browser sends a request to a web server.

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                 ●  The web server then locates the files and downloads it to your computer.                              87
                 ●  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.


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                                                                                                  Century   #Media Literacy
                      Warm                                                                         Skills
                      Up!              Find out and write the URL of the following with the help of
                                       your teacher.

                                       1.  Your school website:            __________________________
                                       2.  Discovery Channel:             __________________________
                                       3.  national Geographic:            __________________________

                                       4.  Government of india:            __________________________







                  Web Browser


                 a browser is also called a web browser. it is an application software that looks for
                 web pages and displays them on your computer or device. When you enter a keyword

                 related to the specific information you want to search for, the browser displays the
                 results in the form of links to the web pages.
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