5th Class

      World Wide Web Surfing     When we move from one Website/ Web page to another on WWW, it is known as surfing. It is the process of searching for information on the WWW. Once we are connected to the Internet, we can surf the Internet by using software called Internet browser. Two commonly used Internet browsers are Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. (See Figure 5.6.12)         To surf on the Internet, perform the following steps: 1. Enter the name/address of the website on the address bar. 2. Click GO or press Enter. You will get the Homepage of the Website on the screen. (See Figure 5.6.13)                         You can click other links (hyperlinks, underlined links) or use scrollbars more...

    Printing and Editing the Downloaded File     When you view pages on the Web, you often find information that you would like to save for future reference or share with others. The best way is to download it and take a printed-paper copy. To print the downloaded Web page, just open those file where it is saved and click the printer icon on the Tool Bar. The page will print according to all your default options. (See Figure 5.6.11)                 There is another, more detailed way to print material. 1. Go to the Menu Bar and click File. You will see a dropdown menu with some options. 2.   Click the Print option. You can select the printing options you want and then more...

     Viewing the Downloaded File     When surfing the internet, local viewing tends to be much faster and visually clearer when using a slow connection. Instead of opening large sized files, such as ?.pdf? or Portable Document Format files, downloading the files will make the process faster. To download in internet Explorer, right click over the highlighted text and select ?Save target as.? To view a downloaded file, simply click on the saved file. You must have Adobe Acrobat installed to view ?.Pdf? files.                  You must have ___________ installed to view ?.Pdf? files.     (a) Adobe Photoshop             (b) Adobe Acrobat (c) Adobe Presenter                (d) None of these (e) All of these     Answer: (B) Explanation: Correct Option: (B) You must more...

     Downloading a File     Downloading is the process of copying a file (such as a game or a utility) from one computer to another across the Internet. When you download a game from a Web site, it means you are copying it from the author or publisher's Web server to your own computer. This allows you to install and use the program on your own machine. The step to download a file using Internet Explorer and Windows XP is given below. If you are using a different browser such as Netscape Navigator or a different version of Windows, the screens may look a little different, but the basic steps are the same.            

• Click the download link for the program you want to download. Many sites offer more...

         Verbs Forms   There are five forms of verb

• Present Tense form                                             : \[({{V}^{1}})\]  -    Go           Come                    Eat   
• Past Tense form                                                   : \[({{V}^{2}})\] -    Went        Came                    Ate
• Past Participle form                                             : \[({{V}^{3}})\] -    Gone       Come                    Eaten
• Ing form                                           more...

     Starting the Internet   The step to start Internet on your computer is very simple. If your computer is permanently connected to the Net, double click on internet explorer icon on the desktop. (See Figure 5.6.6) OR Follow the sequence Start ->Programs -> Internet Explorer If your computer is not permanently connected to the Net; you need to dial up a connection to your access provider's computer.                For this, perform the following steps:

• Double click "My Connection" icon on the desktop. A "Connect To" dialog box appears.
• Click on the "Connect" button. Some sounds will be heard from the modem and another dialog box will appear on the screen which asks for the user name and password.
• After inputting the username and more...

       Hardware and Software Requirement for the Internet             One requires the following equipments to connect to the Internet:

• A multimedia computer system,
• A telephone line and
• A modem

The basic requirement to use the Internet is that you must have a computer system with some additional feature? like speakers, headphone, mike, etc. which make it a multimedia computer system. The same telephone line which you use to make calls to your relatives and friends can be used to connect to the Internet. A modem is an instrument that is attached between a computer and a telephone. It allows you to connect and communicate with other computers through the telephone line. (See Figure 5.6.3)               Some additional more...

      Advantages of the Internet       Internet is a very powerful tool in today's world and offers many benefits.  

• Chatting: This is a facility with which people who use the Internet can communicate with each other, anywhere in the world. In spite of the physical distance, you feel as if you are actually talking to the other person.

 

• E-mail: Through e-mail, we can send and receive messages from anyone connected through the Internet.

 

• Finding information: Internet provides information on almost any and every topic that you need.

 

• Advertising and publicity: IV my companies have their Websites on the Internet and they provide information about their company and their products on these Websites.

 

• Online shopping: Now you do not have to step out of home to make purchases. more...

      Website     Just as a book has many pages; a Website is a collection of web pages related to the same topic. A Web page can be compared to a page in a book and is the basic unit of every Web site or document. A Web page can be an article, an ordering page, or a single paragraph, and it is usually a combination of text and graphics. You might know about some Websites such as www.discovery.com, www.yahoo.com, etc. Each Website has a Web address on the Internet. This is also called the URL or Uniform Resource Locator. Examples of web addresses are www.hotmail.com and www.cricket.org. The first page of any website is called its Homepage. Each Web site is owned and updated by an individual, company or organization. The Web is a dynamically moving and changing entity and many more...

         Introduction     This is the age of information and many of you would be familiar with the term Internet. With the Internet, one can send messages, find information on any subject, chat with friends and do many other things. The Internet or the Net or the World Wide Web is a network of computers spanning the globe. In a network, two or more computers are linked together with cables to share information. Thus, the Internet is the  largest network of computers in this world because it has millions of  computers  connected to each  other. This communication structure is a system connecting more than fifty million people in countries around the world. We will get acquainted with some Internet related terms and study about the working of the Internet in this chapter. (See Figure 5.6.1)    more...