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The Internet and Email
Quick questions on How the internet works: N-Level Computer Applications the internet and email
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What is the internet?Show answer
The internet is the huge global network of computers and devices connected together by cables, wireless links and other equipment. It is the infrastructure: the roads along which information travels. Many different services run on top of it, including the web, email, video calls and online games.
What is the World Wide Web?Show answer
The World Wide Web (the web) is one service that runs on the internet. It is the collection of web pages and websites that you view in a browser. So the web is part of what the internet carries. A useful way to put it: the internet is the network, and the web is one of the things travelling on it.
What are web browsers?Show answer
A web browser is the program on your device that you use to view web pages. You type or click a web address, and the browser fetches and displays the page. Browsers also let you use tabs, bookmarks and a history of pages you have visited.
What are web addresses?Show answer
A web address, also called a URL, tells the browser where to find a page. For example, in https://www.example.edu.sg/library:
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