INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNETCA095

What is the internet? Website vs Webpage Web Address / Internet Protocol Language of the Internet Web Browser Parts of a Webpage Search Engine Class Website Download and Print Your

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What is the internet?The Internet is a network of computers spanning the globe. It is also called the World Wide Web.

Internet = World Wide Web = www

Website vs Webpage

Website is made up of a number of different web pages connected by links.

A Webpage is one single page of information in a website.

Websiteis a book.

Webpageis a page in the book.

Web Address / Internet Protocol

A Web Address is how we find a website or webpage on the internet.

Each Web Address is unique.

Example:

www.comfsm.fm

Web Address / Internet ProtocolA web address is typically composed of four parts:

http://www.comfsm.fm

• http://This Web server uses Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).• www

This site is on the World Wide Web. • comfsm

The Web server, host, website. • fm

This tells us it is a site in the Federated States of Micronesia.

Endings of web pages tells us a bit about the page. Some common endings to web addresses are:• com (commercial) • edu (educational institution) • gov (government)

• biz (business)• blog (blog)• music (music)• church (church)• net (network) • org (organization)

You might also see addresses that add a country code as the last part of the address such as: • ca (Canada) • uk (United Kingdom) • fr (France) • us (United States of America) • au (Australia)

• jp (Japan)• ph (Philippines)• tv (Tuvalu)• hk (Hong Kong)• eu (European Union)

Language of the Internet

HTML or HyperText Markup Language is the standard markup language used to create Web pages.

HTML tells your web browser how to show contents.

Web BrowerA web browser (commonly referred to as a browser) is a software application for retrieving, presenting and traversing information resources on the Internet.

Parts of a Webpage

Search Enginewww.google.com

www.yahoo.comwww.bing.com

http://search.aol.comhttp://www.ask.comhttp://www.lycos.com

Search Engine

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