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What's
in a Web browser?
A Web browser contains the basic software you need in order to find,
retrieve, view, and send information over the Internet. This includes
software that lets you:
 | Send and receive electronic-mail (or e-mail) messages worldwide
nearly instantaneously.
| Read messages from newsgroups (or forums) about thousands of
topics in which users share information and opinions.
| Browse the World Wide Web (or Web) where you can find a rich
variety of text, graphics, and interactive information. |
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What is a URL
A URL (or uniform resource locator) is the address of an Internet page
on a Web site. Usually it consists of four parts: protocol, server (or
domain), path, and filename. Often, when you go to the very first page
of a Web site, called the home page, there's no path or filename. Here's
an example:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/default.asp
| http is the protocol
| www.microsoft.com is the server
| windows/ is the path
| default.asp is the filename of the page on the site |
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