INTERNET

Definition of Internet

Internet is a worldwide network of computers that share information. The Internet is a global network connecting millions of computers. It is also defined as a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite to link devices worldwide.

Internet Terms

1. Cyber café: An internet café or cyber café is a place which provides internet access to the public, usually for a fee.

2. Download: To transfer a file from remote computer to a local computer. In other words, it means to transfer a file from a web server to a web client.

3. Upload: To transfer a file from a local computer to a remote computer. In other words, it means to transfer a file from a web client to a web server.

4. E-mail: An email is a mail that is electronically transmitted by your computer.

5. Email Address: An email address is the name for an electronic postbox that can receive and send email messages on a network. An email address consists of two parts, which are the username and the domain name. In steve@example.com, steve is the username and example.com is the domain-part. The domain name part of an email address is case insensitive. The local mailbox part, however, is case sensitive. Examples of email addresses are: okolojoe90@yahoo.com, uvajoy@gmail.com, ugbainnocentugbajbr@hotmail.com etc.

6. Homepage or Home page: It is the first page that appears when you visit any website. It is also the page of a Web site that provides the introduction or content with links.

7. HTTP: HTTP is an abbreviation for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. It is the set of rules by which Web pages are transferred across the Internet.

8. URL: URL Stands for "Uniform Resource Locator." A URL is the address of a specific webpage or file on the Internet.

9. World Wide Web (WWW): It is defined as part of the internet that contains linked text, image sound, and video documents.

10. Website: A Website is a collection of World Wide Web pages or files. Examples of website address include: www.uniqueschoolsmakurdi.com.ng, www.nairaland.com, www.waeconline.org, www.uniquesecschmkd.blogspot.com.ng etc

11. Webpage: A Web page is a single hypertext file or a page that is part of a Web site

12. Web server: A server is a computer that delivers web content to web browser.

13. HTML (Hypertext Markup Language). It is the language of the web.

14. ISP (Internet Service Provider): ISP is an organisation that provides access to the internet and web hosting.

15. Browse: The term to describe a user’s movement across the web

16. Web Browser (Internet Browser): A software program used to display WebPages. It is also defined as is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing (moving through) information resources on the World Wide Web.

17. An intranet is a private network that can only be accessed by authorized users

Types of Internet Browser
a. Mozilla fire fox
b. Opera browser
c. Microsoft Internet explorer (Microsoft edge)
d. Google Chrome
e. Apple Safari, etc

Features of Internet Browser

An internet browser has many different parts. They include:

1. Title bar: Displays the title of the open web page

2. Menu bar: The menu bar can be used to activate commands. Depending on the browser you are using, some contain the following: File, edit, view, tools, Bookmark, help, etc

3. Address Bar: An address bar is a component of an Internet browser which is used to input and show the address of a website. The web address is generally given in lowercase letters and is case insensitive. There are no spaces in a webpage or website address.

4. Status Bar: Status bar displays the status of the current page

5. Scroll Bar: This provides vertical or horizontal scrolling through the web pages.

6. Standard tool bar: Standard tool bar has many different buttons. They are explained below.

a. Back: To go back to previously viewed page

b. Forward: To move forward to a page which was viewed

c. Stop: To halt loading of webpage.

d. Refresh/Reload: To refresh the contents of the currently displayed webpage from the start

e. Home: To go to the homepage of the currently viewed website.

f. History: It displays a list of previously viewed website

g. Print: Prints the webpage with the default printer settings.

Uses of the Internet

1. The Internet is used for communication to any part of the world

2. The internet is used to search for information on the web through search engines

3. It is used in sending and receiving messages.

4. It is used for chatting

5. It can be used in planning of trip. E,g. GPS.

6. It can be used for advertisement and marketing. Etc

Benefits of the internet
a. It enables us to share resources globally.
b. Internet allows access to information in a very fast manner.
c. It is cost effective.
d. It allows online banking transactions.
e. E-education
f. E-friends
g. E-entertainment

Abuse of the Internet
1. It is used by impostors to defraud people
2. Piracy of software
3. Pornography
4. Hacking
5. Plagiarism
6. Computer virus

Definition of Electronic Mail

Electronic mail, commonly called email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. It can also be defined as a system for sending and receiving messages electronically over a computer network.

Steps to Create Email Account

Follow the steps below to create email account
1. Click On a web browser
2. Visit a website that offers an email service e.g. www.gmail.com
3. Click on the Free Sign Up Button
4. Enter all mandatory fields (First Name, Last Name, Gender, etc.)
5. Click the "Accept" - Button underneath

Procedure for sending an Email

1. Log in to your email account

2. Click Compose.

3. A new blank email window will open up. In the ‘To’ box, type in the email address of the recipient.

4. You might want to include someone else in your email to ‘keep them in the loop’. You can do this by clicking Cc or Bcc, which will open another field. ‘Cc’ means ‘carbon copy’ and ‘Bcc’ means ‘blind carbon copy’

5. Type in the subject of the email. The subject field allows you to give the recipient an idea of the topic of your email, like a heading.

6. Type your message in the main body field of your email.

7. Email text can be formatted in a similar way to text in a word document.

8. Click the Send button at the bottom of the compose window.

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