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Lab Assignment ‘n Activity Ex p erientia l L ea rning
Complete the following activities and tick on the circle.
Start/Switch on the computer.
Observe Booting procedure of the OS.
Explore the interface of Windows or Linux BOSS operating system.
Create a folder namely ‘Keyboard’ on the desktop screen.
Create another folder namely ‘Keys’ on the desktop screen.
Shutdown the Computer.
INTERNET
The Internet is also referred to as the “Network of Networks”. It establishes a high level of connectivity which
has resulted in an unparallel degree of fastest, easiest and the cheapest ways to transfer or share data and
information around the globe. It provides access to communication services and information resources to
millions of users around the globe, round the clock.
Apart from one-to-one communication, it has led people, companies, organisations, government bodies, etc.
to ash information about themselves through their own websites which can be viewed by any person across
the world.
Web Page
A web page is a document of information that can be accessed and viewed through a web browser. A web
page is generally contained in a website and constitutes a source of information that oats on the world
wide web. The information is usually coded in HTML (Hypertext Markup Language). A web page may be
retrieved from a local host computer or from a remote computer with the help of the Internet. Web pages are
requested and served from the web server using protocols like-Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
Web pages may consist of static pages (which are stored within a file system of a web server) and/or dynamic
pages (which contain files of run-time nature i.e., which facilitate online data transformation). Web pages may
contain information in the form of text, images, pictures, sound, audio, video, etc.
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