WEB BROWSER
A web browser, or browser is software that enables users with an internet connection to access and view web pages on a computer or mobile devices
-web pages provide links to other related web pages
-downloading is the process of receiving information from a server on the internet.
-uploading process of transferring documents, graphics and other objects from a computer to a server on the internet.
WEB ADDRESS
A web page has a unique address called a URI( uniform resource lacator) or web address
purpose URL is to search the location of web page
-A web browser retrieves a web page using its web browser
consists of;
-protocol
-domain name
-path
-web page name
examples:
http://
hypertext transfer protocol
- a set of rules that define how pages transfer on the internet
https://
hypertext transfer protocol secure
ftp://
file transfer protocol
WEB PAGES NAVIGATION
hypermedia
- is not constrained to be text-based it can include other media, e.g: graphics, images, and especially the continuous media-sound and video
tabbed browsing allow to open and view multiple web pages in a single web browser window
WEB SEARCHING
two types of web searching:
-search engine
-subject directory
SEARCH ENGINE
- a software that finds web sites, web pages, images, videos, news, maps or other information related on a specific topic
SUBJECT DIRECTORY
- classifies web pages in an organized set of categories
EXAMPLES
- AltaVista
-Yahoo!
-Google
-Exite
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