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Setting up an Internet account
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Setting up an Internet account
Before you can view the information on the World Wide Web, you need to set up
an Internet account with an Internet service provider (ISP). To set up an ISP service
or to transfer an existing account to this computer, contact the ISP directly.
Cable and DSL modems, a connection known as broadband, use your cable
television or special telephone lines to connect to your ISP and access the Internet.
In many instances, broadband is considered an always-connected service. With this
type of service, your cost is the same regardless of the amount of time you use
your Internet connection.
Accessing your Internet account
Help and Support
For general information about using
Internet accounts, click Start, then click
Help and Support. Type the keyword
ISP
in the Search box, then click the
arrow.
The method you use to access your Internet account varies from ISP to ISP. Contact
your ISP for the correct procedure.
Using the World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a multimedia window to the Internet that gives you access
to millions of information sources.
Information on the Web comes to you on Web pages , which are electronic
documents that you view using a Web page display program called a browser . You
can use any of the commercially available Web browsers, like Microsoft Internet
Explorer or Firefox.
Web pages can contain text, animations, music, and other multimedia features. A
group of related Web pages is called a
Web site . You can access Web sites to shop,
track investments, read the news, download programs, and much more.
You can explore a Web site or visit other Web sites by clicking areas on a Web
page called
links or hyperlinks . A link may be colored or underlined text, a picture,
or an animated image. You can identify a link by moving the mouse or touchpad
pointer over it. If the pointer changes to a hand, the item is a link.