What Is a Website And How Do I Use it?

What Is a Website And How Do I Use it? — page 1 — hame 1999 WAct OLEN proper Prope o1 meta POPE Imet proper metaPro roach conte roache ImetaPrope link rel Sntena sentaebsite I tent http II were IE content ntLBSTIra ame content Niption content content 61000 text Css hee SSgn tes Png hopes I Thanks to the wonders of the World Wide Web we can now watch videos chat with friends shop online and catch up with the latest news almost wherever we are in the world Va Bey

What Is a Website And How Do I Use it? — page 2 — INTRODUCTION web page is an electronic document that can be viewed by anyone with access to the Internet Most web pages contain text and pictures Others have audio clips animations video and other interactive elements Web pages are organized into collections called websites Usually websites have a particular purpose This might be to entertain people or to provide information Websites can be about anything whether it is of interest to a small group of friends or millions of people around the world You may have seen some web pages perhaps when researching a school project or just in your spare time Websites come in many shapes and sizes from small sites put together by teenagers to huge sites updated every day by a team of web designers and writers Anyone can make a web page or website It is simple to create pages and to promote them By the time you have finished reading this book you should be ready to create your very own

What Is a Website And How Do I Use it? — page 3 — CHAPTER1 THE WORLD WIDE WEB eading web pages and accessing websites is something most of us do many times a day However this is only possible because of the Internet a vast system of interconnected computers and underground cables GLOBAL NETWORK The Internet is a relatively new invention During the 1960s computer scientists figured out a way of connecting computers around the United States and later the world in order to exchange information more easily Together they worked out a system of rules called protocols that allowed computers to send and receive information over telephone lines IMPORTANT APPLICATIONS Over time scientists developed many different useful applications for the Internet Some of these such as e mail and video conferencing systems such as Skype have made communication easier Others such as file sharing were geared toward making work easier The Internet application that has made the greatest difference is the World Wide

What Is a Website And How Do I Use it? — page 4 — LinkedIn THE WORLD WIDE WEB Blogger CHANGED LIVES Since it was released to the general public in 1992 as a way of accessing documents electronically the World Wide Web has changed our lives dramatically Without the Web we would not be able to shop online watch videos on YouTube or catch up with friends on social media sites such as Facebook BUY NOW Today it is possible to buy almost anything online from music to

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