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The document provides information on using the internet effectively. It discusses: 1. The origins of the internet which began in the 1950s-60s as a way for researchers to share data across computers without traveling. This led to the development of ARPANET and TCP/IP protocols allowing universal communication across networks. 2. What a web browser is for accessing information on the internet and defining URLs, which identify web document locations like a street address with parts like domain name and top-level domain. 3. How to navigate websites using hyperlinks, back/forward buttons, and breadcrumb trails to move between pages without repeatedly using the back button.

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The document provides information on using the internet effectively. It discusses: 1. The origins of the internet which began in the 1950s-60s as a way for researchers to share data across computers without traveling. This led to the development of ARPANET and TCP/IP protocols allowing universal communication across networks. 2. What a web browser is for accessing information on the internet and defining URLs, which identify web document locations like a street address with parts like domain name and top-level domain. 3. How to navigate websites using hyperlinks, back/forward buttons, and breadcrumb trails to move between pages without repeatedly using the back button.

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Revision Chapter 3:

Using the Internet: Making the Most of the Web’s


Resources

1.Briefly expound the origin of Internet?

The internet is the networking infrastructure that connects devices together.


In the 1950s and 1960s, the United States was engaged in the Cold War with
the Soviet Union. Each country was working to increase its science and
technology capabilities in order to prevent nuclear attacks from the other and
also remain capable of attacking the other should the situation devolve. At
that time, computers were much larger and more expensive than today's
models. Mainframe computers took up entire rooms and were only able to do
specific tasks. Researchers needed to be able to use computers to perform
these tasks, but often had to travel long distances to find a computer to do a
specific task. The proposed solution was a way to connect the computers so
they could speak to each other, allowing researchers to share data without
needing to travel to the computer's location.

In 1969, the first computers communicated over the ARPANET from UCLA to
SRI in California. This initial network only had four nodes, but more were
added to allow research universities to share data and other resources. After
ARPANET, other networks were developed, but the individual networks could
not communicate with each other. In order to solve this problem, a set of rules
called the Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) were
developed. These rules allowed for universal communication across all
networks and made sure that packets sent over a network would be delivered
to the correct destination.
2. What is a web browser, and what are a URL and its
parts?
A web browser is only a subset of the internet that we can use to access
information over the internet. When a user requests a web page from a particular
website, the browser retrieves it from the server and then displays the page on the
user’s screen. The purpose of a web browser is to fetch content from the World Wide
Web or from local storage.
If your website is structured like a house, then your website’s URL is like that house’s
address. It defines where your website lives online, similar to how your home address
determines where you live in a neighborhood, helping your visitors easily find your
site. URLs also help Google understand what your website's pages are about. Like a
regular street address, a URL made up of several parts that help identify the web
document it stands for (like the figure below):
3. How can I use hyperlinks and other tools to get
around the web?

A hyperlink is a link on the web to some other resource. It uses a special kind of
command that jumps to some other content in a web browser, usually another page.
Generally, text that operates as a hyperlink appears in a different color (often blue)
and is usually underlined, but sometimes images also act as hyperlinks. When you
hover your cursor over a hyperlink, the cursor changes to a hand with a finger
pointing upward.
To move back or forward one page at a time, you can use the browser’s Back and
Forward buttons. To help users navigate more quickly through a website, some sites
provide a breadcrumb trail—a navigation aid that shows users the path they have
taken to get to a web page or where the page is located within the website. It usually
appears at the top of a page. By clicking on earlier links in a breadcrumb trail, you can
go directly to a previously visited web page without having to use the back button to
navigate back through the website.
4. How do I search the Internet effectively, and how can
I evaluate websites?

Internet search engines are a big part of how we find things online. You can get the
most out of them by learning how they work and how to use them quickly and
effectively. The challenge is to ask your question the right way so that you don't end
up overwhelmed with too many search results, underwhelmed with too few, or
simply unable to locate the material that you need. Write down exactly what
information you're looking for, why you're looking for it, and what you're not looking
for. This will help you discover the best keywords for your search.
There are six (6) criteria that should be applied when evaluating any Web site:
authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency, coverage, and appearance.

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