Is defined as several computers connected

together with purpose of sharing resources

including data, information and hardware.
Is a world wide collection of computers
interconnected to one another, either
wired or wireless including all
computers that we use at home, in
schools, offices and many other places.
WWW or simply called web. It is a
collection of resources and information
interconnected via the internet.
Is a formatted page within a web site that may contain
text, graphics, video and multimedia. This page can be
viewed and explored on the internet by the use of a
program called web browser.
It is usually the first web page of a web site which
usually provides information about the web site, its
purpose and contents. Usually the other pages have
links on this page to be able to navigate to them.
This may precede the home page. It usually
contains a multimedia which is designed to be
attractive and intriguing in order to create
curiosity and invite anyone to see its contents.
The Internet has its history anchored on the project
started by the UN called DARPA (Defense Advance
Research Project Agency) for the development of
new technology for military use. The original name
of this was ARPA (Advance Research Project
Agency). The agency was headed by J.C.R. Licklider.
He installed 3 computer network terminals in
different places for the Time Sharing Project.
The networking technology led to the
development of what we call “packet
switching” a network communication method
that splits the data in chunks, called packets,
then reassembled in the correct order at its
destination.
 The world wide web was started in 1989 by
English physicist Sir Tim-Berners Lee. An
organization called World Wide Web Consortium
at Massachusetts Intitute of technology founded and
still headed by Lee and participated in by several
companies who are willing to create standards and
ways to improve the quality of the web. W3C aims
to provide access to the WWW on the principle of
no patent, no royalty due and easily adaptable by
everyone .
The most common means of accessing the internet is
through the use of telephone lines. They existed before
computer communications and available world wide
Is connecting the internet through telephone lines.
The method of connection is done like making a
call over the telephone line with the aid of modem.
Is also the method of connecting to
the internet using telephone line but
provides both data and voice
communication. It is several times
faster and more reliable compared
to dial-up.
DSL is an example of
– is a type of always on
method and provide constant
connection.
 Is an online connection to the
web by the use of cable lines
already used by the cable
TV provider.

Cable lines can carry TV and data

signals faster since they are dedicated
line originally intended fro TV.
Is the internet connection
provided by wireless service
providers . Wherein wireless
enabled computers and
gadgets can access too.
BROWSERS ARE USED TO VIEW AND
TEST A PARTICULAR WEB SITE. IT
ASSURED THAT YOUR WEB SITE
WILL WORK IN THE MAJORITY OF
AVAILABLE BROWSERS OUT THERE.
– developed by Mozilla
Corporation. This web
browser is the 2nd most
popular web browser and
its acceptance is increasing
because it supports the
latest web standards that
includes additional features.
– was the most popular web
browser in the 1990’s and
its further development has
been stopped by its owner
(AOL) American Online. The
last version released was
Netscape Navigator 9 last
May 1, 2007.
– a graphical web browser
designed and developed
by Microsoft Corporation.
The most popular internet
browser. IE -1 was
released way back August
16, 1995.
– it is one of the newer web
browser that supports MS
window, MAC OS X and Linux its
operating system is based on
Mozilla firefox code base. It
supports social networking
services.
– is the fifth popular website way
back September 2009. Its first
released was 1996 then the latest
version Opera 10 released last June
16 2009. Opera’s strength in
terms of usage is in mobile
applications such as mobile
phones and smart phones.
– is the web browser for
the MAC operating system
developed and designed
by apple. Safari is the
third most popular web
browser. It is the native
browser for the popular
iPhone.
– is a very new browser in
the google Inc. The creator
of the most popular search
engine Google.
This is now the fourth most
popular web browser. It
supports HTML5 fro video
and audio and faster web
viewing speed.
 NAME FUNCTION
Home button Usually represents by a house icon to return to the
user’s home
Address bar To input the URI also known as URL
Back and forward button As represented by left and right arrows, to go back
to the previous page and forward to the next

Refresh or Reload button To reload the current page

Stop button To cancel loading the current page
Search bar As a means to type in topics in terms in a search
engine
Status To display progress of the page being loaded

Page zooming Capability to view a page closer to further