Toshiba M200 User Manual

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Exploring Your Computer’s Features
An overview of using the Internet
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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 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.