INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO USE THE INTERNET AND WORLD WIDE WEB



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  THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE INTERNET AND WORLD WIDE WEB
  HOW TO CONNECT TO THE INTERNET   HOW TO SURF THE WORLD WIDE WEB
  HOW TO PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN'S INTERNET EXPERIENCE
  HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF ACROSS THE INTERNET AND WORLD WIDE WEB
  HOW TO FIND WEB PAGES STORED ON THE COMPUTER
  HOW TO COPY IMAGES AND SOUNDS FROM A WEB PAGE
  WHAT ARE COOKIES?   HOW TO VIEW A WEB PAGE OFFLINE
  HOW TO DISCONNECT FROM THE INTERNET AND LEAVE THE WORLD WIDE WEB

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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE INTERNET AND WORLD WIDE WEB

Understanding the differences between the Internet and World Wide Web can be a frustrating process. Here's the difference in a simple definition:

The Internet is a chain of computers connected to the other world-wide, called a network. They communicate with each other to carry out functions, including displaying Web pages and other Web content over the World Wide Web.

The World Wide Web poses as the way those commands are interpreted and displays them as Web pages in your Web browser. It would be pretty boring to be looking at commands than those colorful Web pages.
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HOW TO CONNECT TO THE INTERNET

Your desktop should contain the icon to either your online service or your local Internet service provider (an ISP). The main difference between them is that an online service provides the World Wide Web and e-mail for and their own content for only its subscribers, and provides their own software for you to use, while an ISP provides only the connection to the Internet, relying on your to provide the Web browser software, plus sometimes a few more services, including Web space for your Web pages and e-mail. Such online services include America Online(R) and Compuserve(R). You will find the name of your online service under its icon. An ISP will generally use the default icon provided by Dial-up Networking, a special folder used to manage your Internet settings. Otherwise, you'll have to find the name of your ISP on your desktop.

Once you have found the icon to your online service or ISP, double-click it to open the Connect To dialog. Click the Connect button to connect to the Internet, unless Dial-up Networking has been set to automatically dial this connection when prompted.
Connect To dialog

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HOW TO SURF THE WORLD WIDE WEB

Before I continue, I wish to say that I prefer to use Microsoft(R) Internet Explorer(R) because it is the easiest and reliable Web browser, and more Web masters build Web pages for it than any other Web browser. So, we will surf the World Wide Web with this browser.

The icon for Internet Explorer should be on your desktop, and once you find it, double-click it. Be sure to be connected to the Internet first. The Web browser will load and begin at a Web page called a start page, which is simply the page that loads each time Internet Explorer is opened.

There are two basic ways to surf the World Wide Web: by searching using a Search engine, or by typing in an URL in the Address bar. If your start page has a place where you can search, this is already accomplished. If not, you'll have to type the URL of a search engine into the Address bar. Here are some Search engines and their URLs:

Yahoo!, http://www.yahoo.com;
Google, http://www.google.com; and
MSN, http://www.msn.com.

Do NOT forget the "www." prefix, and type ONLY from "http://" to ".com"! You may leave out the "http://" only if your version of Internet Explorer is 4.01 or higher (if you have a new computer, do not worry about this). Finally, if you an URL, just type it AS YOU SEE IT into the Address bar, click the Go button, and you will be taken to the location associated with the URL you entered. If you do not know any URLs, here's one to get you started: http://users.1st.net/coe/wsp/index2.htm.

How you move between pages depends by the Web master's preferences. Some will use text links which generally appear blue and underlined. Others will use buttons, icons, etc. Normally any button or icon is labeled, and moving across the World Wide Web is easier than you think.

Happy surfing!
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HOW TO PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN'S INTERNET EXPERIENCE

The online serviceInternet Rating and Content Advisory (ICRA) rates Web sites based on their specifications. If a Web site fails to meet their rating, it will NOT appear. For more information about this, please visit the ICRA online at: http://www.icra.org.
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HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF ACROSS THE INTERNET AND WORLD WIDE WEB

     One's personal privacy has been a concern ever since the Internet and World Wide Web came about. While a Wb master can do everything he or she can do to protect your privacy, YOU to are responsible for protecting yourself. Here's how to protect yourself from various Internet and World Wide Web dangers.

Protecting Your Computer from Hackers:

 Hackers are computer geniuses that can get into one’s computer system illegally and destroy parts or all of a computer, or stealing or viewing your files, which may contain your personal information. There is really no protection yet against all hackers. However, though, you can protect yourself from some, experienced hackers woill not come into your computer unless you were a threat to them. Follow these steps to help protect you from encountering hackers.

1. Do not have any personal information on your computer about you, or someone else.
2. Never give out your IP address to anyone you can’t trust. Some Web sites will record your I.P address for their information. If they do, disconnect from the Internet immediately.
3. Never give out any personal information about yourself, or anyone else to someone you can’t trust. Never, ever, ever give out any password to anyone you can’t trust. Be sure to know that person well before you trust them. On sites that ask for your phone number so you can order things, or any other info about yourself, browse for their Privacy Policy or some policy which explains how your personal information is used.
4. Don’t chat, accept e-mails, or accept e-mail attachments from people whom you cannot trust.
5. Never create an easy password, such as a name, phrase, etc. A password should contain a series of letters and numbers with no particular pattern, such as g3t489h.
6. Obtain hacker protection software from the Internet. It sets a password on your hard drive that one must use to get in your computer over the Internet.

6. If you wish to place an order online to a company you know nothing about, contact the company via phone to verify they exist. If they have no contact information, do not place an order on their Web site.

Protecting Yourself from Viruses and Such:

 Viruses destroy parts or all of your computer. You should to have a strong virus protection program that will help protect you from macro viruses, as well as any other virus. It is important to update your anti-virus virus files on a weekly basis. They may even protect your computer from Trojans, worms, etc. If you feel you have a virus from the Internet, disconnect from the Internet, and disconnect your phone line or cable from your computer and do NOT put it back into your computer until the virus has been cleaned.

Protecting Yourself from Pedofiles:

 Pedofiles are people who in which may try to lure you or your children into having sex with them by either asking them where they live, or even set up a place to meet. They may also be hackers, and kidnap your children by the information they gain to put into pornography videos. After they’re done with your children, they may kill them or do whatever they so shall desire. It is very simple to protect yourself and children from pedofiles, perhaps the simplest way of protection among all types of protection. Don’t ever talk to strangers, and delete e-mail messages from people whom you do not know or did not acquire to from which to receive one. You may want to avoid chatrooms and chat programs you’re not sure about. But its nobody’s fault but your own if someone is coming for you if you gave out any information about yourself whatsoever.

About IP addresses:

 Should somebody get a hold of your I.P. address, which identifies your computer over the Internet like a postal address over the world, don’t fret. Just disconnect from the Internet, and re-dial. IP addresses change each time you dial up to the Internet. You have nothing to fear unless there’s software that you notify them of your online presence and tell them your IP address both at the same time. If you have a static I.P address, however, you would want to change it with your ISP.

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HOW TO FIND WEBPAGES STORED ON THE COMPUTER

Many frequent World Wide Web users, to this day, does not know about this trick. For that matter, many teenagers do not know either... and thus is the reason why they get in trouble at school for looking at porn.

The computer stores web content in a special folder called Temporary Internet Files, which means that content is stored on your computer to quickly load the content the next time you visit the page, or that you can even view the Web page offline. In technical terms, this content is called cache (pronounced "cash"). The content can take up huge amounts of diskspace and even slow down your computer's performance. It is important to safely clean this folder to get your space back.

To clean this folder safely, click Start, then Settings, Control Panel. Inside the Control Panel, open Internet Options. You will be given a small button which says Delete Files. This is what you want to click.

So how do people know what Web site URLs you have been too? That's easy. The computer also stores such information in a folder called the History folder. You clean this folder the same way you do with the Temporary Internet Files folder, except you click Clear History. To access these folders, you will need to enable all of your files to be shown. To do this, open Windows Explorer or My Computer, click the View menu, then Folder Options. Click the View tab, and check Show all files. Exit, and move to the following path: C:\WINDOWS\. Both folders are inside. You can view the history normally for everyday of one or two weeks. The cache may take some time to completely open.

So does the computer store any more information? You bet, although the other information isn't quite as easy to understand. Stored in the same path, the Downloaded Program Files contain animations and the like.

View all files to enable access to folders like History and Temporary Internet Files.You can run, but you cannot hide... until now because you know how to erase your tracks!

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HOW TO COPY IMAGES AND SOUNDS FROM A WEB PAGE

Copying images from a Web site is really easy. Do not copy and use images from other Web sites without the web master's permission! When you're on the Web site with the image you want, right-click on the image. A context menu will appear, giving you the option to save the image as a background or to your computer. Choose however you like.

Copying sounds from a Web site is a more tidious process. You will have to access the Temporary Internet Files folder, and search for the sound you want. There's a sub folder called Content.IE5 where more and more web content is stored.

To find which sound you want, you will have to view the Web page's source, and look for the tags BGSOUND or OBJECT and for such formats as .wav, .mp3, .au, and .ra (Real Audio). Real Audio is streaming audio and generally will not have a good sound quality.

You will notice that the Temporary Internet Files folder is not like the others. It acts much differently, and you too must act differently. You must select the file/files you wish to copy from this location. You will then have to use the Edit menu (the right-click menu will do no good) and click Copy and paste them to a folder you created or the like. The file will then act like a file and not like a web object.


Save Web page images to your computer

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WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies, which are stored in the Cookies folder of the C:\WINDOWS\ path, store your passwords and settings for the Web sites you visit. This allows the luxury of your information (username and passwords generally) to automatically be filled in when you next visit the Web page which prompts for the information. A major problem with cookies is security because a hacker can come into your computer and copy the cookie, edit it, or even delete it. They can then have access to your account which uses that particular cookie. It is a good idea to write down passwords just in case the computer all of a sudden does not remember your information. Cookies can also store other information, such as not loading the beginning page of a Web site and automatically loading to the Web site itself to save you time from getting around over the site.


HOW TO VIEW A WEB PAGE OFFLINE

You may wish to do this if the Web site is an informational Web site with a lot of helpful information so you can go back to it and read it without tying up your phone line or become disconnected because you were idle (you currently away from the Web, that is you are not loading a Web page, uploading files to the World Wide Web, sending or receiving e-mail, etc.). This is mostly why anyone would want to do this unless you own a corporation and want your Web site to be viewable offline. This way works only if the links the web master has specified are relative and there are no subfolders, but it is likely a link will require an Internet connection.

There are two ways you can view a page offline. First, you can head back over to the Temporary Internet Files folder, and find the .htm or .html file you wish to read. Open it, and you will get a small warning. Read it, confirm, and you're set.

The best way to do this is to be online, click the Favorites menu, then Add to Favorites. The Add Favorite dialog will appear. Check Make Available Offline, and if you wish to be notified about updates to the Web site so that you can keep up-to-date offline, you can set those options by clicking Customize. Your offline Web pages will be stored on your computer in the Offline Web Pages folder in the C:\WINDOWS\ path. The process of updating the content is called synchronizing.

By the way, a favorite is an Internet shortcut to your favorite Web pages and sites. Such shortcuts are stored in the C:\WINDOWS\ path in the folder Favorites and use the .url extenstion. You can copy your favorites to a disk to share with friends, family, and co-workers!

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HOW TO DISCONNECT AND LEAVE THE WORLD WIDE WEB

Now it's time to get away from your adventure and return to reality. Disconnecting from the Internet and World Wide Web is as easy as connecting.

To disconnect (to stop all communications between your computer and the Internet) and leave at the same time in any online service, click the X at the top-right corner of the online service's window. You will leave their service, the World Wide Web, and the Internet at the same time!

To disconnect from an ISP, you can do two of the following: You may right-click the small icon in the system tray or the icon on the desktop for your ISP, and click Disconnect, or double-click the icon on the desktop, and click the Disconnect button.

Welcome back to reality, and to the fact you know how to connect to the Internet, surf the World Wide Web and have fun, and disconnect and leave when you are finished!

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