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Internet Basics
Computer Concepts Chapter 14
Objective 2.03
Advantages and Uses of
Telecommunications
• Telecommunications involves electronically
transferring data.
– Distance learning
•Allows the user to take classes without being
physically present.
– Teleconferencing
•Provides conferencing capabilities from several
locations without leaving the office, reduces costs for
time and travel.
What is a browser?
• The software program that you use to
retrieve documents from the World
Wide Web (WWW) and to display
them in a readable format.
• Examples:
– Internet Explorer
– Netscape Communicator
Title bar
• The bar on
top of the
window that
contains the
name of the
document.
Menu Bar
• A horizontal
menu that
appears on
top of a
window.
Provides a
selection of
options
related to
the Web
page.
Tool bar
• Icons for
single-click
access to
most
commonly
used menu
commands.
Address bar
• Contains the
URL, or address,
of the active
Web page; also
where you type
the location for
the Web page
you want to visit.
Go button
• Connects
you to
address
displayed in
the Address
bar.
Document
Window
displays the
active Web
Page
Status bar
• Located at
the bottom
of the
browser;
shows the
progress of
Web page
transactions.
Access Indicator
• A small picture
in the upper
right corner of
the browser;
when
animated, it
means your
browser is
accessing data
from a remote
computer.
Scroll bars
• Vertical and
horizontal
scroll bars; lets
you scroll
vertically and
horizontally if
the Web page
is too long or
too wide to fit
within one
screen.