Chapter 1 Quiz and Tour

Tour Self-Guided

of the web

If you’ve never been on the World Wide Web, go now. We’re assuming you

have a connection that works (when you sign up with an isp, a technician

usually schedules a visit to set things up for you). Once you have a modem, a

connection that works, and a browser, you’re ready to go. Once all that stuff

works, the rest is easy.

If you have a dial-up phone connection, log on first, then open your browser.

If you have a broadband connection, just open your browser. If you are using

an online service, log on to your service, then find the button that takes you

to the web.

Poke around the web, clicking on links. Notice these things:

�� What color are most links?

�� Click a link, then go back to that page.

The link you clicked has probably changed color—why is that?

�� When does the little browser hand appear?

�� Position the pointer over a link so you get the browser hand. Before

you click, look at the status bar at the bottom of the browser window.

You will see the address, or URL, of the page you will jump to when you

click that link!

�� Be conscious of the animation in the browser icon. What is it telling you?

�� Watch for the things that give you a clue as to how long it will take

for the page to load.

If you have a dial-up connection, when you’re finished surfing the Internet be

sure to close your modem connection. If you’re using a broadband connection

(such as cable or dsl), you can stay connected 24 hours a day. Obviously,

broadband is the way to go if at all possible.

Oh boy, it’s a

Quiz!

Taking a few minutes to go through this quiz will help cement these new

concepts into your brain. Just fill in the blanks with one of the words or

phrases listed at the right.

The ________ is a network of computers all over the world. To internet

connect to the Internet, most people use a _______. A modem modem

is necessary because computer information is _________, while digital

phone line information is ________; the modem “translates” analog

the two technologies. How fast a modem can interpret data is baud

called its _____ rate, or ___ ___ _______.

There are several parts to the Internet, such as _____________, bits per second

_____________ _________, and the most popular (and fun) newsgroups

of all, the ______ ______ ____. Mailing lists

The web consists of millions of individual ______. A related

collection of these pages is called a ____ _____. The first page podcasts

of a web site is usually the _____ _____, although some web World Wide Web

sites feature an ______ _____, which takes the viewer to the pages

home page. The home page is like a ________ ___ ________. Web site

On each web page you will find _______ that you click to home page

jump to other web pages. You can usually tell if text is linked entry page

because it is ___________ and in a different ________. Linked table of contents

text is called _________________. Often graphics act as links, links

also . Even if there are no visual clues such as a _________ underlined

or an underline, you can tell if an item is a link because the color

pointer turns into a _____________ when it is positioned hypertext

over a _____.

To see web pages on the World Wide Web, you must have border

software known as a __________. To find a particular topic on little hand

the web, you need to use a ________ _______. Sometimes you link

can’t see the fancy stuff on web pages because you are missing browser

a _____-__. You can usually __________ the plug-in you need. Search engine

A web page address is known as a __ __ __. You know the plug-in

address refers to a web page if you see the letters and symbols download

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the address. The “www.company.com” part is URL

called the _________. The rest of the address is the _______ http://

of file names, telling the browser where to find the web page. Domain name

path

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