How the Web Works Jenny Burson Courtesy of About Internet for Beginners Learn the Web

How the Web Works  Hypertext  Word(s) or graphic  underlined and in color

How the Web Works  To return to the previous page  click on the Back button  Hold the back button down for history  Jump to previous location

How the Web Works  The Web is client- server system  your computer = client  remote computers with electronic files = servers

How the Web Works  Glue = hyperlinks  To access web need web browser  Netscape or Internet Explorer  Browsers read Hypertext Markup Language or HTML

How the Web Works  Web page has a unique address = URL (Uniform Resource Locator)  identifies its location on network  home page = starting point of a website.

How the Web Works  WWW = network of electronic files stored on computers all around the world  Place a URL in Location bar of web browser  Avoid errors keep Bookmarks or Favorites Internet Explorer Netscape

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