CHAPTER 3 :

USE OF INTERNET
Internet
 The Internet is a global system that makes it possible for computers worldwide to share
information via a variety of languages called protocols.
 It is possible to connect to the internet via a range of devices these days through desktop and
laptop computers, mobile phones and tablets are the most common.
 The most common connection device is the modem. An electronic device that transmits data to
or from a computer via telephone or other communication lines.
Web Browsers
 It is a software application for retrieving, presenting and traversing information resources on the
World Wide Web (WWW).
 The 3 most popular web browsers are Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Google
Chrome.
 Hypertext Transfer Protocol (http) – Is an application protocol for transmitting hyper media in
formation system http is foundation of data communication for the world wide.
 World Wide Web (www) – An information space where documents and other web resources are
identified by Uniform Resource Locators (URL), interlinked by hypertext links ,and can be
accessed via the internet.
 Uniform Resource Locator (URL)– Every document on the web has an address which is called
the URL. The URL to locate google is http://www.google.com.
 Search Engines
 A program that searches the World Wide Web for information on a term, keyword, or phrase
and provides a list of possible websites
 File Menu : contains actions such as page setup, print preview, print and properties.
 Edit menu: contains actions such as copy, paste, select all
 View menu: contains actions such as changing available toolbars, size of text on screen,
 refreshing the current page.
 Tools menu: contains popup blocker, phishing filter, internet options, etc.
 Help menu: contains options for getting help with the program.
 Icon Shortcuts
 Home: returns you to the page that you see when you first open your browser.
 Favorites (or Bookmarks) menu: creates a type of “shortcut” to a favorite website.
 Tool: includes internet options, print, safety, and About Internet Explorer
 Visiting a Web Page
 After you have opened your browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.), it will load (bring up) the
home page which may be set as Google, another search engine, or any web page of your choice.
Click in the address bar to activate the I-bar which tells the computer you are about to enter a
URL (web address).
 Email
 Is an electronic way to send and retrieve personal and/or business related messages including
text and pictures. No postage stamps are required.
 How Does Email Work?
 To receive email, you must have an account on the mail serve.
 The mail server collects and stores your incoming email until the next time you access your
email by opening your mailbox and downloading your messages.
 With email you can write a letter to anywhere in the world & have it delivered in a few minutes.
 Your email message is sent from your computer to a server where the computer looks at the
address and directs the message on the server associated with the recipients email account.
 Once your email arrives at its destination mail server, the message is stored in an electronic
mailbox, until the recipient retrieves it.
 Writing Emails
 Are Less formal
 Use little pictures which are made up of punctuation marks on the computer keyboard. They
are called smileys or emoticons.
Eg. :-) I am happy/joking :-( I am sad/apologizing :-0 I am surprised
 Use abbreviations: BTW By The Way, IMHO In My Humble Opinion
 Jargons In Email
 Spamming: sending junk e-mails/irrelevant or inappropriate messages on the Internet to a large
number of recipients.
 Spimming or Spim: sending adverts over an instant messaging system.
 Flaming: sending insulting e-mails
 Trolling: being annoying on purpose to provoke a response from the reader –just ignore it.
 Understanding Email Addresses
 You can send email to anyone in the world, as long as you have his or her email address.
Example of an email address:
ot@gmail.com

Name of department Name of server

 How To Sign Up For Google email
 1.Begin at Google home page w.w.w.gmail.com.
 2.Click on the red button ‘Create An Account’.
 3.Type your personal information.
 4.Type in your preferred Username.
 5.Type in a password (must have 8 characters).
 6.Retype your password.
 7.Click OK
 Composing /Sending An Email
 1. To create a new email click the red “Compose Mail”.
 2. Type the recipients email address in the “To:” box.
 3. Type the subject of the message in the “Subject box.
 4. Use your mouse to click inside the message box.
 5. Type the body of your message.
 6. When you are finished typing your message and ready to send it.
 7. Click “Send button.

NOTE: unread messages in your inbox will be bolded.

 Replying To A Message
 1. Open the message that you are replying to.
 2. Click the “Reply” button, which looks like and arrow pointing to the left

 NOTE: The difference between “Reply” &”Reply All”.

 Clicking the “Reply” button will send your reply only to the original sender of the message.
 Clicking the “Reply All” will send your reply to everyone who received the original message.
 Forwarding A Message
 1. Open the message you wish to forward to another person.
 2. Click the arrow next to the reply arrow.
 3. Click on “Forward”
 4. Type the recipients address(es) in the “To” box.
 5. Type a note above the forwarded message (optional).
 6. Click “Send”.
 Attachments & Opening An Attached File
 Click on the icon to attach any computer file to an e-mail.
 If you receive an e-mail with attachment, double click on the icon to open it up and look at it.
 Questions
 1.What is a modem?
 2.Name 2 popular web bowers?
 3.List the 5 tab menus.
 4. What is the internet?
 5.Define URL.
 6. State the difference between spamming and spimming/spim.
 7.Name 7 steps when signing up for google e-mail.
 8.Name the domain in this e-mail address
OT2020@education.gov.fj
 9.Why is it important to type the subject in an e-mail?
 10.What is the mail server?
 11.Unread messages in your inbox would be?
 12.What is e-mail?
 13.How do you Forward a message?
 14.How do you send an attachment?
 15.What is the World Wide Web?
 16.What is IMHO?
 17.What is the difference between “Reply” and “ReplyAll”
 18.What is trolling?
 19.Name the 4 Icon Shortcuts.
 20.What is the functions of the search engine?