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CHAPTER 4: Using the Internet
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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 Netscape Navigator.
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.