| 2 - CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET | |
Basics More Basics 1 - Scope of the Internet 2 - Connecting 3 - How ISPs Differ 4 - Definitions 5 - The Browser WORLD WIDE WEB 6 - "Web Page" 7 - Addresses (URLs) 8 - Bookmarks 9 - Known Address 10 - Navigating 11 - Frames 12 - The "Home" Page 13 - Cruising 14 - Searching 15 - Saving Text 16 - Saving Pictures 17 - Security 18 - Plugins 19 - Programs/Settings 20 - E-mail Addresses 21 - Using E-mail 22 - Attachments 23 - Listservs Other 24 -Newsgroups 25 -Netiquette |
Usually
you pay an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to grant you access to
the Internet. Your computer must be equipped with a modem
to send and receive information over a telephone line. The modem
dials a number. Your ISP has modems to receive the call. These
modems, in turn, are linked to a large computer called a host or
server.
Typically the server "authenticates" you by means of your own login name and password for access to the global Internet. It also manages your e-mail. Once "on the Net," you have access to resources available on servers all over the world, and you can echange e-mail with anyone who has an Internet e-mail address, anywhere. There is no special charge for crossing political boundaries or spanning oceans. A tiny piece of the
Internet might look like the drawing below. Each numbered box represents
a computer. Number 871 might be your own computer, for example, and
number 65 might be your ISP's computer, which in turn is connected to hubs
linking it to all other computers on the Internet.
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