Internet Browser – This book covers the entire syllabus of “Computer & Information Technology” prescribed by the BNMC for B.Sc. in Nursing Science & Diploma in Nursing Science & Midwifery students. We tried to accommodate the latest information and topics.
This book is an examination setup according to the teachers’ lectures and examination questions. We hope in touch with the book students’ knowledge will be upgraded and flourished. The unique way of presentation may make your reading of the book a pleasurable experience.
Internet Browser
Definition of Internet/Web Browser
An internet browser, also known as a web browser or simply a browser, is a software program that use to access the internet and view web pages on computer.
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Internet browser is also known as Web browser that is a software application used to locate, retrieve and display content on the World Wide Web, including Web pages, images, video and other files.
Common Names of Web Browser/Example:
The six most popular internet browsers today include:
- Mozilla Firefox
- Google Chrome
- Microsoft Edge
- Apple Safari
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- Opera
- AOL Explorer
Definition of Web Address/URL:
A website address, also known as a URL (uniform resource locator), is an Internet or intranet name that points to a location where a file, directory or website page is hosted
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A Uniform Resource Locator (URL), colloquially termed a web address, is is a a reference to a resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving.
Example of Web address:
Here are six examples of the most-common URL appearances:
- http://www.whitehouse.gov
- https://www.nbnz.co.nz/login.asp
- http://forums.about.com/ab-guitar/messages/?msg-6198.1
- ftp://ftp.download.com/public
- telnet://freenet.ecn.ca
- gopher://204.17.0.108
Web Page:
A web page (also written as webpage) is a document that is suitable for the World Wide Web and web browsers. A web browser displays a web page on a monitor or mobile device. The web page is what displays, but the term also refers to a computer file, usually written in HTML or comparable markup language.
Web Site:
A website or simply a site, is a collection of related web pages, including multimedia content, typically identified with a common domain name, and published on at least one web server.
A website may be accessible via a public Internet Protocol (IP) network, such as the Ir net, or a private local area network (LAN), by referencing a uniform resource locator (URL) identifies the site.
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