The Beginners Guide to The Internet
Hi and Welcome to Steve’s Internet Guide.
Millions of people world wide are currently connected to and using the Internet (the World wide web) and thousands more join them each day.
The Internet revolution is just beginning, and is no longer just for surfing and email.
It will lead to whole new ways of working , communicating and playing.
However there a many who feel intimidated by this technology and unsure on how to get started.
The aim of this website is to help you understand and use the internet, and is is focused on the complete beginner.
If you want to learn :
- How to use a web browser
- How use and setup email
- How to use the Internet for talking with friends or clients.
- etc
If so then this website is for you.
I will take you through the main Internet technologies and services and provide guides on how to use them.
Getting Started
For most people the most difficult aspect is getting started, Fundamental to everything that you do is the Web browser and the web.
The World Wide Web (WWW)
The World Wide Web (abbreviated as WWW or W3,[2] and commonly known as the Web) is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet. With a web browser, one can view web pages that may contain text, images, videos, and other multimedia, and navigate between them via hyperlinks. – Wikipedia
The web browser is really your gateway to the Web, and the Internet.
Almost everything you do on the Internet is done, or can be done, using a web browser. There are four main web browsers that you will come across.
The most common is currently Internet explorer followed by Firefox, Google chrome and Safari .
All web browsers are free and you can have multiple web browsers installed on your computer.
Once you are familiar using one web browser then moving to another is quite straightforward as they all do similar things but in slightly different ways. See Web Browser Basics
It is important to understand that the web is part of the Internet. There are other aspects to the internet e.g. Email,instant messaging,VOIP etc that aren’t part of the Web.
Email is without a doubt the number 1 application used on the Internet. For many it is the main reason that they use the Internet.
It is very difficult to do anything online without an email account and getting an email account should be one of your first tasks.
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Questions?
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Regards
Steve
