The Internet Basics

A Introduction on to using key functions on the internet.

Goals of the Course

• Open the internet browser

• Go to a website• Create and use a email

• Know if an email is real

• Share a website• Chat with Friends

• Safety

Getting StartedThe Absolute Basics

Internet

The Internet is a large group of

computers that are connected to

each other. The Internet is used to

send information quickly between

computers around the world. It has

millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and

government networks and websites, which together carry

many different kinds of information

Browser

a software application that is used to view Web pages.

Most browsers can also be used to send and receive

email, connect to Web based free email services and read

newsgroups. Web pages include text, graphics, sound

and video.

Basics

1. Turn on your Computer

2. Open The Start Menu

3. Open All Programs

4. Find Internet Explore(for Now)

Address BarO Is a feature in a web

browser that either shows the current URL or accepts a typed URL that the user wishes to go to.

O Most address bars offer a list of suggestions while the address is being typed in. Auto-completion bases its search on the browser history.

Back and forward buttons

O go back to the previous resource and forward respectively

O Back is usually an arrow facing the left

O Forward is usually and arrow facing to the right

O They are in all modern web browsers

Refresh button O or reload button

to reload the current resource.

Home button O To return to the

user's home page.

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