Essentials of the Internet: Welcome to...
Objectives

  1. Define the Internet and give a brief overview of its history; explain how the World Wide Web differs from the Internet.

  2. Describe various buttons on the Internet Explorer toolbar; explain how to enter a Web address in Internet Explorer.

  3. Explain how to save the address of a favorite Web site and return to it later; distinguish between the History and Favorites lists.

  4. Name three different search engines; explain why it is often necessary to use multiple search engines with a single query.

  5. Distinguish among the Boolean operations And, Or and Not; explain why it is important to qualify a search.

  6. Describe the structure of a Web address; explain why backing up within the address may lead to other relevant documents.

  7. Download a graphic from the Web, then incorporate that graphic into a word processing document.

  8. Draw several parallels between e-commerce and traditional commerce; describe several capabilities that are available through e-commerce that are not found in traditional commerce.

  9. Distinguish between the http and https protocols; define a cookie and explain how it is a potential threat to individual privacy.

  10. Use the Save as Web Page command to convert a Word document to HTML; use the Insert Hyperlink command to include hyperlinks and/or email addresses in a Web page.



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