REVIEWINTERNET

INTERNETBROADBAND

The amount of information a connection is capable of carrying.

Measured in bits per second

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BROWSER

Application softwareChromeFirefoxInternet

Explorer (IE)SafariOpera

Allows access to the Internet

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COOKIE

Small programInstalled onto your

computer

Used to load web pages faster

Collects data about your Internet habits.

Takes up space and can slow your computer down.

Not This

This

DNSCommon orAlphabetical name

Google.comEbay.comWikipedia.com

TCP/IPMost often called IP

addresses

126.35.172.3To

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DOMAIN NAMES

Tells what the website is about

Used at the end of a URL

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.COM

Commercial

These website want to sell you something

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.ORG

Organization

These website want to give you information

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.EDU

Education

These websites are used by schoolsElementaryJunior highHigh schoolCollegesUniversities

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.GOVGovernment

In the U.S. information from these websites can be trusted

Favorites

YouTube.comGoogle.comEbay.com

History

A list of web sites you have visited.

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HOME PAGE

The first page of a web site

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HTML Hyper Text

Markup Language

The language of the Internet

Sometimes called “source code”

We see this

The browser sees this

HTTPHyper Text Transfer

Protocol

The rules for the exchange of information

INTERNETHYPERLINK

A link that will take you to another page

The link can be TextGraphics

Sometimes just called “Link”

InternetAllow

connection to people

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ISPInternet Service

Provider

The company that allows your home computer to access the Internet

You have to pay for this service

TCP/IPTransmission Control

Protocol/Internet Protocol

Tools needed to navigate web pages.

Toolbar

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URL

Uniform Resource Locator

The address of the web page

URL window

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WWWWorld Wide Web

Web

Most URLs begin with this.

The Web allows connection to information.

Web BugCollects

personal dataCollects data

secretlyData you don’t

want someone to have!