The internet, or World Wide Web, is one vast computer network. Children in KS2 ICT will be taught a little about how it works and how to use it.
"Prior to the internet, the last technology that had any real effect on the way people sat down and talked together was the table." So said the American writer Clay Shirky and he may be right. The World Wide Web (www) was invented by Sir Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 and it has changed the way we live our lives. Did you know that billions of people use the internet? A computer network describes a group of computers that are joined together and the internet is just one giant computer network. All of the computers with an internet connection are linked and can share information with one another.
Try this ICT quiz to see how well you understand the technology of the World Wide Web and how people use it.
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You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - How does the internet work?
Not every computer is part of the internet - computers become part of the internet when they are connected by wireless, telephone lines or cables
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Although various parts of the internet can belong to individuals or companies (examples include software programs and hardware, such as computers, cables or servers) - the internet itself does not belong to anyone
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Your browser retrieves - and allows you to view - information available on the world wide web
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Everything that is stored on the web has a URL. The URL for Education Quizzes is https://www.educationquizzes.com/
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The 'e' in 'e-mail' stands for 'electronic'
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If you add a web site to your favourites then finding it again is very easy - just a click will take you there
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Yahoo, Google and Bing are three examples of search engines
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After you've clicked 'Back' you can click 'Forward' to return to the page you came from
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If you were researching Celtic houses, then searching for the phrase 'Celtic houses' would result in more relevant websites than just searching for 'Celtic' - correct spelling and speech marks also help
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There is an option to open a new tab. This lets you look at another webpage without having to leave the one you are already looking at
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