Toshiba 4000 User Guide

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Start your Web browser. Have your modem dial the ISP’s 
telephone number, and establish a connection with the ISP’s 
computer. 

If you are using your computer at the office, then you probably 
connect to the Internet through your company’s network. See your 
network administrator about connecting to the Internet. 

Once connected to the Internet, the Web browser displays a home 
page, for example, your ISP’s home page on the Internet or your 
company’s Web site home page. 

To visit a desired Web site, type in the Web address. The Web 
address, or Uniform Resource Locator (URL), is a unique 
identifier for that computer system linked to the Internet. Web 
addresses can also appear within a Web page’s text, and are known 
as links. Clicking a link automatically transfers your Web browser 
to that site. 

You can also use a Search Engine, a Web site specifically designed 
to help you look for information.

The Internet offers many types of communication tools to 
help you perform many tasks.

Internet email

To send and receive email of your own, you need a mailbox 
on the Web, or an email address.

If you have an account with an ISP, you can probably set up 
an email address at the same time you sign up for the service.

Internet chat rooms

A chat room is a Web site that offers a place where people 
with similar interests and ideas can communicate in real-time,