PC History, Browsing the Web

Tom Kelliher, CS14F

Sept. 10, 1996

Quiz

PC History Video

Triumph of the Nerds, volume 1. ``An irreverent history of the PC industry.

Browsing the Web

Bring your Internet Essentials Guide and refer to Project 8.

1. How do I start Netscape Navigator?

2. How are sites on the web addressed?
   1. What is a URL?

   2. How do I read a URL? Service, host, file.

      http://www.yahoo.com
gopher://gopher.psu.edu
ftp://ftp.netscape.com

3. How do I visit a site?
   1. Click the Open button on the tool bar.

   2. A dialog box appears. Enter the URL (try http://www.yahoo.com). Press the Enter/Return key or click the Open button in the dialog box to visit the site.

4. What are hyperlinks and how do I use them?
   • Text links.

   • Image links.

   • Key: the mouse pointer.

5. What are the toolbar buttons?
   1. Back

   2. Forward

   3. Home

   4. Reload

   5. Print

   6. Find

   7. Stop

6. Where can I get started?

   From the Westminster College home page (http://www.westminster.edu), visit Other Sites of Interest.