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    Working With A Web Browser: An Introduction To Internet Explorer and Netscape

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    Working with a Web Browser

    An Introduction to Internet Explorer and Netscape

    Terminology
    Internet
    A collection of computer networks.

    World Wide Web


    A collection of electronic documents linked together on the Internet. The pages making up these documents are called web pages.

    Web Browser
    A computer program used to view and read a web page. Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer are examples of web browsers.
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    Web Tutorial

    Terminology ...
    Home Page
    The first page at a web site.

    URL (Universal Resource Locator)


    The address of a web page consisting of its protocol, domain and path. For example,

    http://www.parnasse.com/net.in.arcadia.html

    Virtual Florist home page

    URL

    Terminology
    hyperlink
    Special text or graphical image linking the user to another web page when clicked with a mouse.

    datagram
    A unit of information sent from one computer to another.

    router
    Special computer that passes a datagram from one computer network to another.
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    hyperlink

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    Terminology ...
    Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
    A language used to construct web pages.

    markup tag
    Special characters that produce effects when interpreted by a web browser.

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    Some Cool Web Sites


    http://www.weather.com http://www.meat.com/textures http://www.usair.com http://www.monster.com http://www.virtualflorist.com http://www.enews.com http://www.time.com http://www.moma.org http://www.internet-mall.com http://www.aol.com
    http://godzilla.EECS.Berkeley.edu/recipes

    Weather channel Backgrounds for web pages USAirs home page College Fair for grads Send virtual flowers for free Electronic newsstand Time Magazine Museum of Modern Art Internet Mall America Online
    Cooking recipes

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    Web Browser Window


    Title bar Menu bar Toolbar URL address window Active link indicator Progress indicator bar Status indicator Security settings (Internet Zone)
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    title bar menu bar toolbar URL window

    Directory buttons
    Status indicator Active link indicator Progress indicator

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    type the url, then press ENTER

    use the scrollbars to see the page

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    Internet Explorers Toolbar


    Stop Stop loading the web page. Refresh Reload a web page. Print Print the web page. Back, Forward Move back (forward) to the previous (next) web page. Search Use a search engine. Home Display your home page. History Lists the sites you have visited in the recent past. Favorites List of your favorite web sites.
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    too late to stop loading this page

    reload this web page

    move back to the previous web page print this web page

    search for a keyword(s) on this web page

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    Internet Explorers Menu Bar


    File
    Open a web site, save a web page, print a web page,

    Edit
    Copy and paste functions

    View
    See how a web page is constructed with HTML

    Go
    Navigate to other web sites

    Favorites
    Access your favorite web sites

    Help
    Get help about Netscape

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    save your favorite web sites

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    view the source of this web page

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    html document for Pitts home page

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    history list of visited web sites during a Netscape session

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    open a new site or open a new window

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    two windows

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    editing operations

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    Other Search Engines

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    type keyword here

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    search for: star trek

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    best web sites

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    Downloading Graphical Images

    click on graphical image, press the right mouse button, choose Save Picture as...

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    Web Protocols
    file: ftp: gopher: http: mailto: news: telnet:
    read a file from disk connect to a ftp site connect to a gopher server visit a web page start a mail program open a news reader connect to a remote computer
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