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Information on the Internet is located on computers owned by other people. These
computer locations are called
Web sites . The information that you see is formatted into
pages that you can view with the Internet browser. Each Web site has a starting page called
the
homepage .
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Each Web site has a unique address called a URL (Uniform Resource Locator), which
identifies each page on the Web site, called
Web pages . The addressing concept is similar
to street addresses in the real world. A typical address is:
http://www.myturn.com
The address for each Web page starts with
http://
, which stands for Hypertext Transfer
Protocol. This identifies the address that follows as a Web page address. The next part of
the Web page address,
www.myturn.com
, is the Web site address. The
com
reference
designates the type of Web site. Some typical extensions are:
• com – commercial
• edu – education (colleges and universities)
• gov – government
• org – nonprofit organizations
• net – network companies
The last part of the Web page address,
home.html
, is the Web page name. The Web page
extension, html, is required. You will see all types of extension – htm, asp, and others.
They designate the type of information contained on the Web page that the browser
automatically interprets.
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Many Web pages have special text or images called links . A link is used to automatically
jump to another page or another location on the current page. A text link is usual
designated in blue and underlined to show that it is a link. When you place the mouse
cursor on a link, notice the cursor changes to indicate the selected text is a link. When you
click on the link the selected Web page displays.