Toshiba A45 Series manual 176, An overview of using the Internet, World Wide Web

176	Exploring Your Options
	An overview of using the Internet

An overview of using the Internet

The following sections give a quick introduction to the Internet and some of its exciting features, under these headings:

❖The Internet

❖The World Wide Web

❖Signing up with an Internet Service Provider

❖Getting started

❖Surfing the Internet

❖Internet features

❖Uploading and downloading files from the Internet

For more information about the Internet, see “Lesson 3: Learning about the Internet” on page 139.

The Internet

The Internet is an association of thousands of networks and millions of computers around the world connected by communications lines. They all work together to share information.

The World Wide Web

The World Wide Web (or ‘Web’) is a subset of the Internet — a collection of interlinked documents (located on computers connected to the Internet) that work together using a specific Internet protocol called Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).

The World Wide Web offers information as text, images, audio, or video to be referenced from anywhere in the world. Special programs called Web browsers are specifically designed to work with HTTP. They make it easier to connect to a particular network address and send and receive information.