Direct Connection
In many Department and businesses
the computers have a direct (dedicated) connection to the internet through
a LAN (Local Area Network). A direct connection offers several advantages. You
can take full advantage of internet services without dialing in.
Dial Up
Connection
If your computer isn’t directly connect to the
Internet, you can temporarily connect to an internet host through a dial up connection using a Modem (Modem
using for converting Analog signal to Digital and Digital signal to Analog) and
standard Telephone lines. The time honored method one that works even with
ancient equipment and questionable phone lines is called dial up terminal
emulation. A typical connection through a modems and Telephone service is much
slower (and often less reliable) than a direct internet connection. While
modern modems are theoretically capable of delivering data at 56 kbps. They’re
usually much slower when connected to typical noisy phone/lines.
Broadband
Connection
Today
millions of internet users connect via Digital
Subscriber Line (DSL) and Satellites.
These modern alter natives are often called broadband connection because they
have much higher bandwidth there standard modems connection many broadband
services offer another big advantages to users; They can be continually
connected.
Internet Browsers
The Internet
browser. This is the program that locates websites for you and
allows users to maneuver around (surf) the World Wide Web and view
web pages. The two most popular today are Netscape Navigator and
Microsoft's Internet Explorer though Mosaic was the first and
still used by some people. Opera,
Mozilla, Farscape are another. Before graphic browsers Lynx was the
most popular browser and is still available for text browsing. Some ISP have a proprietary
type of browser though most have given up this practice as it limits the
users abilities to browse the Internet.
Type the URL (Uniform Resource Locater) or Web Address of
the website that you want to visit in the address bar of your browser and
press Enter or click Go. Collect
your favorite websites by adding them to your Favorites or Bookmarks. To
go to a Favorite or Bookmark, click on the menu and click on the link.
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