USE BASIC FUNCTIONS

OF A WEB BROWSER
TO LOCATE INFORMATION

After reading this INFORMATION SHEET, YOU

MUST be able to:
•Define what is a web surfing and bookmarking
•Understand what are the different kinds of web
browsers and search engines.
•Understand what are URLs and Keywords
WHAT IS AN INTERNET?
 The Internet is a global system of interconnected
computer networks that use the standard
Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link several
billion devices worldwide.
 It is a network of networks that consists of
millions of private, public, academic, business,
and government networks of local to global scope,
linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless,
and optical networking technologies.
WHAT IS WEB SURFING?
 To navigate through the World Wide Web or
Internet, usually by using a web browser.
 The term also has a generic meaning of spending
time on the Internet.
 Browsing the World Wide Web or the Internet.

 Accessing the World Wide Web or the Internet.

WHAT IS BOOKMARKING?
 Bookmarking is to record
the address of (a website,
file, etc.) to enable quick
access in future.

 It is to save a Web address

or website on your browser
so that you can easily re-
visit the website at a later
time.
WEB BROWSERS
 What is a Web browser?
 A web browser (commonly referred to as a browser) is
a software application for retrieving, presenting and
traversing information resources on the World Wide
Web. An information resource is identified by a
Uniform Resource Identifier (URI/URL) and may be a
web page, image, video or other piece of content.
 Examples of web browsers
EXAMPLES OF WEB BROWSERS
 Google Chrome

 Mozilla Firefox

 Safari (Apple)

 Opera

 Internet Explorer
SEARCH ENGINES
 What is a search engine
 A web search engine is a software system that is
designed to search for information on the World Wide
Web. The search results are generally presented in a
line of results often referred to as search engine
results pages (SERPs).

A program that searches for

and identifies items in a
database that correspond to
keywords or characters
specified by the user, used
especially for finding
particular sites on the World
Wide Web.
EXAMPLES OF SEARCH ENGINES
 Google
 www.google.com
 1,100,000,000 -
Estimated Unique
Monthly Visitors
 Bing
 www.bing.com
 350,000,000 - Estimated
Unique Monthly
Visitors
 Yahoo! Search
 www.search.yahoo.com
 300,000,000 - Estimated
Unique Monthly
Visitors
EXAMPLES OF SEARCH ENGINES
 Ask
 www.ask.com
 245,000,000 - Estimated
Unique Monthly
Visitors
 Aol Search
 www.search.aol.com
 125,000,000 - Estimated
Unique Monthly
Visitors
 Wow
 www.wow.com
 100,000,000 - Estimated
Unique Monthly
Visitors
EXAMPLES OF SEARCH ENGINES
 WebCrawler
 www.webcrawler.com
 65,000,000 - Estimated
Unique Monthly
Visitors
 MyWebSearch
 www.mywebsearch.com
 60,000,000 - Estimated
Unique Monthly
Visitors
 Infospace
 www.infospace.com
 24,000,000 - Estimated
Unique Monthly
Visitors
WHAT IS A “URL”
 Abbreviation of Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
it is the global address of documents and other
resources on the World Wide Web.

 Example: www.facebook.com
 www.youtube.com
 www.twitter.com
 www.yahoo.com
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
WEBSITE & URL?
 URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator, it is
the "technical term" for the address of a web
page.

 Website refers to a collection of web pages, which

of course also means it refers to a collection of
URLs.

 So when someone says "Yahoo" they usually

mean web site and if someone says
"www.yahoo.com" they usually mean URL.
WHAT IS A “KEYWORD”
 A word used by a search engine in its search for
relevant Web pages.
SELF-CHECK
 What is an internet?
 What is web surfing?

 What is the important of Bookmarking?

 What is a web browser?

 Give at least 3 examples of web browsers
 What is the use of search engines?
 Give at least 5 examples of search engines.
 What is a Uniform Resource Locator?
 Give at least 4 examples.
 What is the purpose of keyword in search engine?
TASK ACTIVITY
 Open or go to any search engine websites and
search about the Food around the world at least 8
countries. (With pictures)
 And also search about the top 10 most expensive
food in the world. (Don’t forget to write your
name)
 Use MS Word and Save your files as “All about
food”
TASK ACTIVITY
 Open or go to any search engine websites and
search what are the basic parts of a Computer
system and give each basic functions. (With
pictures)
 Categorize it from input or output devices (Don’t
forget to write your name)

 Use MS Word and Save your files as “Basic parts

of PC”
TASK ACTIVITY
 Open or go to any search engine websites and
search about the procedure in starting the
computer.
 Write down the steps (Don’t forget to write your
name)

 Use MS Word and Save your files as “Start up a

computer”