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The Internet Info Worksheet

The document discusses the basics of how the internet and world wide web work. It defines key terms like internet, world wide web, URL, browser, homepage, and search engines. The internet is a global network of interconnected computers that was created in 1983, while the world wide web is one way to access information over the internet using browsers like Chrome or Firefox. Websites are made up of connected web pages written in HTML and accessed via URLs.

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The Internet Info Worksheet

The document discusses the basics of how the internet and world wide web work. It defines key terms like internet, world wide web, URL, browser, homepage, and search engines. The internet is a global network of interconnected computers that was created in 1983, while the world wide web is one way to access information over the internet using browsers like Chrome or Firefox. Websites are made up of connected web pages written in HTML and accessed via URLs.

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THE INTERNET WORKSHEET

Name Javier Vega

1. The internet was created in 1983 .


2. The internet is a global network of interconnected computers.
.
3. The world wide web is not the same as the internet but only a way to access
the internet.
4. A hyperlink is a word, phrase, or picture that can jump or connect you to
another section or document .
5. Things like FTP and NNTP are all part of the internet but not the
world wide web.
6. A website is a connected group of pages .
7. A website could be considered a small book on a certain subject and the web
pages are the pages within that book.
8. HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language .
9. HTML is the markup language people use to create web pages.
10. URL is short for Uniform Resource Locator .
11. A URL is the address of a certain file or directory on the world wide
web.
12. HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol .
13. HTTP is the set of rules used to transfer data over the web.
14. A network allows computers to connect to each other and
transfer data over different lines.
15. In order to view pages on the World Wide Web, you will need a software
program called a browser .
16. A browser allows you to go from location to location on the web and
to view information in a file format.
17. Examples of browsers are Google Chrome or Firefox .
18. Before connecting to the internet, you will need an ISP or Modem
.
19. An ISP is a company that provides internet service to you for a
fee .
20. An IP adress is a numerical label assigned to any device
participating in a network.
21. This number is like an unique adress for a particular computer on the internet
or a network.
22. The computer translates URLs and domain names into the associated IP
adresses .
23. Common domain name extensions include (fill in the blanks):

.com Commercial .org Organization


.edu Education Military
.gov Government .k12 K-12 Schools

USING THE WORLDWIDE WEB


24. Homepage – The first page that opens every time the browser
is opened.
25. New tab Opening an additional screen.
26. Favorites/Bookmarks – Storing the links of favorite or frequently
visited websites.
27. Extension An add-on for a program.
28. Browser History – Viewing a list of links or sites that have been
recently visited.
29. Downloads – Opening or saving a file or program down from the internet to
your computer .
30. Uploads - loading a file from your computer up to the
internet.
31. Cookies – Stores things like passwords, credit cards #s, and address .

FINDING INFO ON THE WEB


32. Search engines are computer programs that search documents on
the world wide web for information provided by the user.
33. Examples of search engines are Bing and Google .
34. Boolean operators are words that help narrow down a search.
a. All the terms must appear in the pages when using this Boolean
operator: AND
b. At least one of the terms must appear in the pages when using this
Boolean operator: OR
35. When gathering information from the internet, you might need to evaluate
several different sites to find one that has the most reliable information. Keith
Stanger suggests the A2BCD approach which stands for:
A Asynchronous
A Accelerated
B Block
C Coordinate
D Descent

Review Questions:
1. Are the internet and the world wide web the same thing? Explain.
The world wide web, or web for short, are the pages you see when you're at a device and you're online.
But the internet is the network of connected computers that the web works on, as well as what emails and
files travel across.
2. What is the programming language people use to create websites and web
pages?
-HTML
3. What is an URL? Give one example of an URL.
-is an acronym for Uniform Resource Locator and is a reference (an address) to a resource on
the Internet. An example is https://www.google.com.
4. What application program do you need in order to access and view pages on
the web?
-Browser
5. What equipment must my computer have in order to connect to the internet?
-A modem

6. Who can put information on the world wide web?


-Everone

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