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Internet How To Directory Intro Viruses Searching Email Chat Newsgroups Shopping Drivers Extra Recommended Reading Intro The web consists of pages written in html language ,which stands for hypertext markup language. Your browser then reads the html and converts it into the page which you are viewing now. These pages have links , called hyperlinks, to other documents and pages. Click Here to go to Free Games is an example of a hyperlink. You would click on it and the browser would open a different page, displaying games. When you have access to the internet you can: All websites have an address, called a URL which is a uniform resource locator. The URL contains the exact location or address of the web site.
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example http://www.sitename.com/index.html The URL contains the protocol, which is the language spoken between the computers. In this case ,Hypertext Transfer Protocol, or it could be FTP ,which is the file transfer protocol. Next is the domain of the web site address. Examples of this are www.microsoft.com or www.aol.com. Then next comes the document. This is the page that your internet browser will open. This page will have links to other pages. Your Browser is the program that you use to view the internet. There are two main browsers that people use. Click Icon to Download
Viruses
Computer Viruses are a very real threat on the internet. A virus is a program that invades your computer and replicates itself. Some viruses are fairly harmless and serve mainly to annoy, but some viruses are can wreak havoc on your pc, destroying files and data, and sometimes even damaging your hardware. The most common transport system for viruses is via Email ,although they are also spread by downloading files etc from the internet. It pays to be careful! We recommend that you get virus protection right away before it is too late
SearchingYou can search the internet for whatever you are looking for. There are different search engines which you will use to search with. You type in your search keywords then click go or find and the search engine will display a list of available content. A tip about searching, when you find sites of interest to you , you should bookmark them, this will help you to remember which sites were useful or helpful. These bookmarks or favorites list will become your directory to the internet. Try using a different search engine if the results of the search are not what you are looking for. Different search engines have different features and use different methods to search, so find the search engine that is right for you. Read the help and tips for each search engine. That way you will be able to refine your search. Here is a list of some of the major search engines. If you want more then do a search with the keywords, search engine. International Search Engines
South African Search Engines
Email is
electronic mail. It is a method by which computer users can exchange messages
with each other over a network. With
email you can also send attachments, which are files that can be documents or
photos or whatever. Email is the most frequently used application over the
internet. All you need to do is open your email program, like Outlook , type in the email address of the person to whom you are sending the email to, then type your message. Connect to the internet and click on send. Your message will go to your Internet Service Providers mail server called a SMTP server. This stands for simple mail transfer protocol. The SMTP server transfers the mail from server to server until it gets to the recipients mail server, where it can be downloaded to their computer. The server that you log onto to get your mail is called a POP server. POP stands for Post Office Protocol. When an email is sent to you it is stored on the server until you access it. Once you have logged on the email will be transmitted to your computer. An email address is made up of certain components just like a web address. The @ at Sign Country ½ ½ For
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name There is also internet email, like the well known Hotmail. With internet mail, the email is kept on the server, it is not saved to you computer. To find out about some free Email services, both POP and internet email then Click Here ChatChatting is one of the most popular features on the internet. The real name is IRC (Internet Relay Chat) and it provides real time communication with people all over the world. It consists of networks if IRC servers around the world to which users connect. How it usually works is you download a chat client like mIRC. Then read the instructions and install the client. Then you run the client program and connect to an IRC server. You would then usually join a channel, each channel is devoted to a different topic. You can have public conversations with everyone on that particular channel or you can have a private chat with one member. Another interesting program is ICQ (I Seek You). It is an instant-messaging program that lets you communicate with friends and colleagues in real time. To Download ICQ Click Here
Usenet is a world-wide distributed discussion system. It
consists of a set of "newsgroups" with names that are classified
hierarchically by subject. "Articles" or "messages" are
"posted" to these newsgroups by people on computers with the
appropriate software -- these articles are then broadcast to other
interconnected computer systems via a wide variety of networks. To start enjoying this tool
we call the Usenet you need a two things: a news client and a news server. Most
people already have a news client installed on their computer. Netscape and Internet Explorer both have a built in news client.
Next you need a news server to read news from, you should be able to get this
from your ISP. More people are using the internet to shop every year. Internet has become part of the shopping experience. People are finding that online shopping has many benefits, you can shop for almost any item and compare prices from different vendors. Prices are often low as the internet shop does not have the same overheads as a normal store and they are open 24hrs a day, so you can shop whenever it is convenient to you. All of this from your computer. All the financial transactions should be done on a secure server, making it safe to use your card. The process is almost the same as shopping at your local store. You will enter the store, for example amazon.com ,by clicking the link. Once at the site you choose the category which you are interested in, then be displayed by a list of products with prices and often a photo. You then pick the item you want by clicking a to buy link. You will then be transported to a page where you fill in your details and credit card number. You will then approve the price and be given a chance to cancel. Your purchase is then shipped to you. You can normally download all your software purchases right there and then. Its all as easy as that. Here are some recommended shopping sites:
A driver is a small program that controls a hardware device. A device can be anything from a web cam to your mouse or printer. The driver allows the computer to communicate with the device. Windows has a lot of device drivers built into it. That is what is known as plug and play. You simply plug the device in, windows detects it and loads the driver automatically. But windows will not always have the driver you need, so you will not be able to get the device to work without the correct driver. Time to start searching for the driver you need. The internet is the best place for finding drivers, even for old or obscure equipment. DriverGuide.com has a huge database of drivers and links to manufactures of hardware. If the driver is available you will probably find it through DriverGuide.com Its free, all you have to do is join. Search To search for the driver you need it is best to start by searching by manufacturer. The manufacturer will usually have a web site with the available drivers on it for download. If you don't know the manufacturer then the next best thing to search by is the fcc-id of the component. The fcc-id should be written somewhere on the component. If there is no fcc-id then do a search by model number or part number of the component.
Here is some recommended reading material if you are new to the net and want to learn exactly how it works...
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