Using The World Wide Web; Connecting To A Web Site - eMachines EL1360 User Manual

Using the World Wide Web

The World Wide Web is a multimedia window to the
Internet that gives you access to millions of information
sources.
Information on the Web comes to you on
which are electronic documents that you view using a Web
page display program called a
of the commercially available Web browsers, like
Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator.
Web pages can contain text, animations, music, and other
multimedia features. A group of related Web pages is
called a
investments, read the news, download programs, and
much more.
You can explore a Web site or visit other Web sites by
clicking areas on a Web page called
link may be colored or underlined text, a picture, or an
animated image. You can identify a link by moving the
mouse pointer over it. If the pointer changes to a hand,
the item is a link.
To learn more about using the Web browser features, click
Help in the menu bar.

Connecting to a Web site

After you set up an account with an Internet service
provider (ISP), you can access the many information
sources on the World Wide Web.
To connect to a Web site:
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2
3 If you want, you can connect a telephone to
the PHONE jack on the modem on the back
of your computer.
Web site
. You can access Web sites to shop, track
Connect to your Internet account.
Depending on the method you use to connect to
your Internet account, you may need to start your
Web browser. Click
Your default Web browser opens showing an
opening page or welcome screen.
Web pages
browser
. You can use any
links
or
(Start), then click Internet.
,
hyperlinks
. A
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