WEB BROWSER, WEB ADDRESS, WEB SEARCHING AND WEB PAGE NAVIGATION

WEB BROWSER

•A Web browser, or browser, is application software that allows users to access and view Web pages.

•The purpose of a web browser is to bring information resources to the user.

EXAMPLES:

HOW A WEB BROWSER DISPLAYS A HOME PAGE?

WEB ADDRESS

•A Web page has a unique address called a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) or Web address

•Web address consists of :

- Protocol

- Domain name

 -Path

- Web page name

EXAMPLES OF WEB ADDRESS

- www.facebook.com

- https://www.moe.gov.my/bmkpm/

WEB SEARCHING

A primary reason that people use the Web is to search for specific

information, including text , pictures , music and video.

Two types of search tools:

SEARCH ENGINE	SUBJECT DIRECTORY
(keyword search)	(directory search)
finds information related to a specific topic	classifies Web pages in an organized set of categories

example of search engine:
-Lycos
-Infoseek
-Excite
-Webcrawler

examples of subject directory:
-Altavista
-Yahoo!
-Google
-Excite

WEB PAGE NAVIGATION

-most web pages contain hypertext or hypermedia links

HYPERTEXT	HYPERMEDIA
links in text-based document	combine text-based links with graphic,audio and video links