The Internet

The Internet

1. What is the internet?

   • It is a global computer network made up of

2. World Wide Web

   • no central storage
   • accessed via the internet
   • stored on computers all over the world
   • a collection of web pages
   • no owner

3. URL

   • Uniform Resource Locator
   • A URL is a web address
   • All web addresses are unique

4. Parts of a web address

   • www.abc.co.uk/images/logo.jpg
     • abc
       • name of the organisation
     • co
       • a company
     • uk
       • uk based
     • www
       • hosted on the WWW
     • images
       • folder
     • logo
     • jpg
       • file

5. domain names

   • .uk
     • UK
   • .fr
     • france
   • .au
     • australia
   • .be
     • belgium
   • .dk
     • denmark
   • .de
     • germany
   • .es
     • spain