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•  Entertainment - The Internet offers endless options like streaming movies, listening
                  to music, playing online games, and watching videos on platforms like YouTube.

              •  Information & Research - Search engines like Google help us find information on any
                  topic. Researchers, students, and professionals use it

                  to study and gather knowledge.
              •  Online  Shopping  &  E-commerce  -  People  can  buy

                  clothes,  gadgets,  groceries,  and  more  from  websites                The first-ever website
                  like Amazon or Flipkart, and even book tickets online.                  was created in 1991 by

              •  Social Networking - Platforms like Facebook, Instagram,                   Tim Berners-Lee, the
                  and Twitter let us connect with friends, share ideas,                    inventor of the World
                  and stay updated about people's lives.                                          Wide Web


            Basic Terminology

            The Internet is a giant network that connects computers worldwide. Given below are
            some terms related to Internet.

              1.  The World Wide Web (WWW) is a collection of all the
                  resources  available  on  the  Internet.  It  is  made  up  of
                  interconnected  pages  containing  text,  images,  sounds,
                  and videos that can be accessed and viewed using a web

                  browser such as Chrome, Firefox, or Edge
              2.  A search engine is a software program that helps Internet

                  users find specific content on the World Wide Web. By
                  entering  keywords,  users  can  quickly  locate  websites,
                  images, videos, and other types of information. Some of the most
                  popular examples include Google, Bing, and Yahoo, which helps

                  to organize and display search results efficiently for users.
              3.  A web page is a hypertext document that is part of the World

                  Wide Web. It is accessed by entering a URL address and usually
                  contains text, images, graphics, and hyperlinks to other pages and
                  files.

              4.  The URL Address (Uniform Resource Locator) is the global address of documents
                  and resources on the World Wide Web. For example:
                  www.google.com, www.yahoo.com, www.bing.com.

              5.  The  term  http://  stands  for  Hypertext  Transfer
                  Protocol, which tells the browser what protocol to
                  follow when communicating with a domain. It also



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