INTERNET

Major Web Browsers

All major _____ allow the users to open multiple information resources at the same time, either in different browser windows or in different tabs of the same window.

Uniform Resource Identifier/Uniform Resource Locator (URI/URL)

An information resource is identified by a _____ that may be a web page, image, video or other piece of content.

Mosaic

First graphical web browsers created in the year 1993. Developed at the National Center for Supercomputer Applications at the University of Illinois.

E-mail, Research, Shopping, News, Games

Give 5 ways to use the internet

Using Web Browser

How can we access internet?

Internet Protocol

IP

Google Chrome

It is a freeware web browser developed by Google. It was first released in 2008, for Microsoft Windows, and was later ported to Linux, Mac OS, iOS and Android.

Web Browser (Browser)

It is a software application for retrieving, presenting and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web.

Mozilla Firefox

It is owned by Mozilla Corporation and was the result of an experimentation. It was officially announced in February 2004.

Internet

It is the largest network in the world that connects hundreds of thousands of individual devices all over the world.

Internet Explorer

It was developed by Microsoft in 1994 and released in 1995 as a supportive package to Microsoft Windows line of operating systems.

Netscape/Netscape Navigator

It was developed by Netscape Communications Corporation and was most popular in the 1990s.

Phoenix and Firebird

Mozilla Firefox was earlier named?

Transmission Control Protocol

TCP

Favicon

The _____, which is the short form of favorite icon, was introduced first in IE, and was later adopted by many other browsers.

Information Highway

The popular term for the Internet is the _____.

Opera

This browser was developed by Opera Software in 1996. It is a well-known browser that is mainly used in Internet-activated mobile phones, and smartphones.

Safari

This is a web browser from Apple Inc., which is compatible with Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and the iPhone OS. Safari was released by Apple in January 2003 as a public.

Internet

To access this, an existing network need to pay a small registration fee and agree to certain standards based on the TCP/IP.

True

True/False: Internet has no formal management organization.

World Wide Web

WWW

Mosaic, Netscape, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome

What are the types of web browser?

Opera Mini and Opera Mobile

_____ and _____ are the browsers used in smartphones. It is compatible with many operating systems such as Solaris, Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows.