►The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link several billion devices worldwide.
►It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks, of local to global scope, that are linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologies.
►The World Wide Web (abbreviated as WWW or W3, commonly known as the Web) is a system of interlinked hypertext documents that are accessed via the Internet.
►A Website, is a set of related web pages served from a single web domain.
►A Home page, index page, or main page is a page on a website. A home page usually refers to:
---The initial or main web page of a website, sometimes called the "front page" (by analogy with newspapers).
---The first page that appears upon opening a web browser program, which is also sometimes called the start page. This 'start page' can be a website or it can be a page with various browser functions such as the visual display of websites that are often visited in the web browser.
---The web page or local file that automatically loads when a web browser starts or when the browser's "home" button is pressed; this is also called a "home page". The user can specify the URL of the page to be loaded, or alternatively choose e.g. to re-load the most recent web page browsed.
---A personal web page, for example at a web hosting service or a university web site, that typically is stored in the home directory of the user.
►A Hyperlink is a reference to data that the reader can directly follow either by clicking or by hovering or that is followed automatically.
►A web browser (commonly referred to as a browser) is a software application for retrieving, presenting and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web.
►The Uniform Resource Locator, abbreviated as URL is a specific character string that constitutes a reference to a resource. In most web browsers, the URL of a web page is displayed on top inside an address bar.
An example of a typical URL would be "http://www.XYZ.com".
►Downloading means to receive data to a local system from a remote system, or to initiate such a data transfer.
►Uploading refers to the sending of data from a local system to a remote system such as a server or another client with the intent that the remote system should store a copy of the data being transferred.
►An Internet Protocol address (also known as an IP address) is a numerical label assigned to each device (e.g., computer, printer) participating in a computer network.
It acts as an identifier for a computer. It is a unique address for every computer.
►An email attachment is a computer file sent along with an email message. One or more files can be attached to any email message, and be sent along with it to the recipient.
►Hotmail was co - founded by an Indian American entrepreneur Sabeer Bhatia along with Jack Smith in July of 1996
►CC (Carbon Copy) in e – mail indicates those who are to receive a copy of a message addressed primarily to another. The list of CCed recipients is visible to all other recipients of the message.
►An additional BCC (blind carbon copy) field is available for hidden notification; recipients listed in the BCC field receive a copy of the message, but are not shown on any other recipient's copy (including other BCC recipients).
►The Drafts folder retains copies of messages that you have started but are not yet ready to send.
►The first email was sent by Ray Tomlinson to himself in 1971.
Domain Types | |
Type | Description |
Com | Commercial and for profit organizations |
Edu | Education Provider, college, Universities |
Gov | Federal Government Agencies |
Mil | US military sites |
Net | Internet infrastructure and service providers |
Org | Miscellaneous and non-profit organizations |
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