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The Web Terms Every Internet User Should Know

What is URL ?
 URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
That unusual word at the top of the page in what is known as the locator box or address box is the address of a Web page. Each Web page has a unique address called a Uniform Resource Locator or URL. The URL (pronounced U-R-L) is the specific address of a Web page.

There is a special system for addressing Internet sites.
The URL or Web address is typically composed of four parts:
A protocol name (a protocol is a set of rules and standards that enable computers to exchange information)
    The location of the site
. The name of the organization that maintains the site. A suffix that identifies the kind of organization it is. The Back Icon keeps a list of the last nine Web sites you have visited during the current session.A session is the time period from when you open or start your browser program to when you close it. The Auto Complete function works for Web pages that you have visited in previous sessions as well, so it keeps a fairly good history of previously visited Web sites. http://  This Web server uses Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). This is the most common protocol on the Internet.  www    This site is on the World Wide Web. Some common extensions are:
    .com (commercial)
    .edu (educational institution)
    .gov (government)
    .int (international)
    .mil (military)
    .net (network)
    .org (organization)
You might also see foreign addresses that add a country code as the last several digits of the address, such as:
    .au (Australia)
    .ca (Canada)
    .fr (France)
    .it (Italy)
    .us (United States of America)
Address Bar
The Address Bar is an excellent tool that can be used for navigating the Web. If you know the address of a page you want to visit, type the URL in the Address Bar.

Then press Enter on the keyboard or click on the word Go on the right side of the Address Bar.
The power of the computer really shines through with a feature called Auto Complete which is built into Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and some other Browsers.

If you start typing a Web address that you have previously used, a list of matching addresses appears. The addresses of all the Web sites that you have visited are kept in the computer memory. Your browser will locate an address that you have previously typed in the Address Bar by searching for similar addresses trying to find a match.
As you type each letter, the list is refined to match your typing. You can choose one of these addresses by simply moving your mouse over the name and clicking Hyperlinks
An easy way to move around on the World Wide Web is by hyperlinks, which are sometimes called hot links.
Whatever you call them, these links provide a connection between Web pages that allows for amazingly easy access to other Web pages. A link or hyperlink can be text, an icon, a picture, or an icon that moves a user from one Web page or Web site to another. A hyperlink has an unseen Web address imbedded in it.
Positioning your cursor on a hyperlink and clicking your mouse will take you to the Web page whose address is embedded in the hyperlink.

 So, if I am writing something about The site https://idearules.blogspot.com/, I can simply add a hyperlink to the text and it will become The site https://idearules.blogspot.com/
You can tell that this text has a hyperlink hidden in it because it is a different color and because it is underlined.

 Just click on the hyperlinked word and presto, you go off to the world of the underlined word, in this case, the https://idearules.blogspot.com/ website Homepage.
Hyperlinks are a great way to easily find out more about a particular word or concept. There seems to be no end to the information on this Information Highway!
You will find that knowing which pages you have visited by looking at the color of the link can be very powerful information when you want to revisit interesting sites. A text link appears as an underlined word and often is indicated by a color different from the rest of the text on the page.

When you click this underlined word, you will instantly jump from one place to another. Once you click on a hyperlink, it changes color to indicate that you have previously used the hyperlink. Have Wonderful Day.

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