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Navigating the Net |
Become more familiar with the Internet and World Wide Web by locating answers to the following questions from on-line resources listed in "Overview of the Internet and World Wide Web".
Information to answer each question can be found in more than one resource. A link to one of those resources is provided for each question.
1. What is the Internet?
Exploring the WorldWideWeb - Internet
2. How does the World Wide Web differ from the Internet?
WWW FAQ - Overview of the WWW - What is the Web?
3. What is a browser?
Internet 101- Web Browsers
4. What is hypertext?
Life on the Internet - Overview - Glossary of Internet Terms - H - Hypertext
5. What is client server technology?
Exploring the World Wide Web - How the Web Works
6. What is a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) and what are the parts of a URL?
Exploring the WWW - URL - Parts of a URL
7. What is the domain name? What information does it provide about a Web site?
Life on the Internet - Overview - Whatis?com - D - Domain Name
8. What is a protocol? What are the most popular Internet services (protocols)?
Understanding
the World Wide Web
9. What is "netiquette"? Why is it important?
Life on the Internet - Netiquette
10. How many people worldwide are estimated to have access to the Internet?
Life on the Internet - Overview - Internet Society - All About the Internet - Statistics - NUA Internet Surveys - Estimates of on-line population
11. How many hosts (computers) are connected to the Internet? 5 years ago?
Exploring the World Wide Web - Internet
12. What are the characteristics of the average Internet user?
Life on the Internet - Overview - GVU WWW User Surveys - 10th User Survey - Reports - HTML - General Demographics
13. When was the Internet developed and for what reasons?
Life on the Internet - Overview - Internet Background - The History of the Internet
14. When was the World Wide Web introduced?
Internet Timeline - 90s
15. Can a virus be transmitted by looking at Web pages?
WWW FAQ - Overview of the WWW
16. What can parents do to protect their children from Net abuse?
Life Beyond Yahoo - Internet - Privacy - Shut the Door
17. What can you do to protect your legal rights on the Web?
WWW FAQ - Overview of the WWW