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dial-up modem and digital modem.

Internet Connection

You often connect to the Internet through

dial-up or broadband connection.

Dial-up connection is a less expensive way
to access the Internet but at a slow speed.
With dial-up access, you use a computer,

a dial-up modem, and a regular telephone
line.

Broadband is a high-speed Internet connection.
With broadband access, you use a computer, a digital The first ever website went

modem, and a broadband line. Using broadband live on August 6, 1991.
connection, your computer is usually connected to It was created by Tim
Internet the entire time it is on. Berners-Lee, the inventor of

Internet Service Provider (ISP) the World Wide Web.

The Internet connection is provided by different companies called Internet Service

Providers (ISP). ISPs allow you to use Internet for a monthly charge. BSNL, Airtel, Tata
Indicom, Reliance, Den, etc. are some of the ISPs in India.

Search Engine

If you want any information on any topic for which you do not know the URL or

address, you can get the information through a search engine.

A search engine is a program that searches through the collection of web pages for
particular information. It allows users to enter any keyword for which it displays a list

of websites with related information.
Many search engines use a program called spider

to display a list of all web pages that contain the
word or phrase you entered. A spider reads pages

on websites in order to create a catalog or index
of hits. A hit is any web page name that lists as a
result of a search.

Some popular search engines are Google, Bing, and Yahoo.

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