Internet

Internet

The Internet is a network of computers from all over the world linked together by telephone lines, fibre optic cables and satellite. Millions of users from all around the world use the Internet.

To connect on the internet one needs 4 things:

1. A Computer System
2. A Modem
3. A Telephone Line
4. An Internet Service Provider (ISP)

What is a modem? (modulator-demodulator)

A Modem is the hardware with which the computer is connected to the Internet via the telephone lines / cable.

                                                 

What is ISP?

An Internet Service Provider is a company with whom anybody wanting to connect to the Internet.

What is a web browser?

Web Browser displays web pages form any computer on the web.

                                               

The World Wide Web (WWW) is the most popular part of the Internet. It contains millions and millions of pages of information. The Browser converts the special HTML (HyperText Markup Language) codes that are used to create a Web Page. Every page has a unique address this is called Uniform Resource Locator (URL). 

Homepage is the first webpage that loads in your browser when you open it. In the Search Engine you can type a keyword and it will search through all the webpages and the world and give you a list of sites (hyper-links ) that match it so that you can jump directly to the page.