 What is “Internet”
?
The Internet, is sometimes simply called "the Net", is a worldwide system of computer networks - a network of networks in which users at any one computer can, if they have permission, get information from another computer (and sometimes talk directly to other users).
It was conceived by the Advanced
Research Projects Agency (ARPA)
of the U.S. government in 1969
and was first known as the ARPANET.
Today, the Internet is a public,
cooperative, and self-sustaining
facility accessible to hundreds
of millions of people worldwide.
What is World
Wide Web (WWW)?
World Wide Web is the most widely used part of the Internet; often abbreviated "WWW" or called "the Web". Its outstanding feature is hypertext, a method of instant cross-referencing. In most Web sites, certain words or phrases appear in text in a different color than the rest; often this text is also underlined. When you select one of these words or phrases, you will be transferred to the site or page that is relevant to this word or phrase. Sometimes there are buttons, images, or portions of images that are "clickable." If you move the pointer over a spot on a Web site and the pointer changes into a hand, this indicates that you can click and be transferred to another site.
What is a URL?
A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is the address of a file (resource) accessible on the Internet. The type of resource depends on the Internet application protocol. Using the World Wide Web's protocol, the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), the resource can be an HTML page (just like the one you're reading right now), an image file, a program such as a common gateway interface application or Java applet, or any other file supported by HTTP. The URL contains the name of the protocol required to access the resource, a domain name that identifies a specific computer on the Internet, and a hierarchical description of a file location on the computer.
On the Web, an example of a URL is: http://www.wlink.com.np
What is a Web (Internet)
Browser?
A Web (Internet)
Browser is a software application
that allows you to browse
the World Wide Web. An Internet
Browser basically interprets
the programming language (HTML)
of the internet into the words
and graphics that you see
when viewing a web page. Some
of the popular browsers are
Internet Explorer, Netscape
Navigator, Opera etc.
What is a proxy server?
Proxy server is meant to
improve the access speed of
the Internet.
A proxy server improves browsing
performance by functioning
as a caching server. Using
its cached web pages, the
proxy server serves already-accessed
web pages to requesting users
without requiring outside
access to the Internet.
Where do I specify
Wlink's Proxy server setting
in my browser?
We've setup our servers
to automatically configure
your proxy settings, to do
so:
Go to Menu Tools -> Internet
Settings; click on "Connections"
tab and in "Dial-up Settings"
block click on "Settings..."
button. Click to tick on "Use
automatic configuration script"
and type "http://www.wlink.com.np/proxy.pac"
in "Address" box.
How do I find the information I need on the Internet?
The best way is to use one of the popular search engines like
Google http://www.google.com
Dogpile http://www.dogpile.com
Wikipedia http:///www.wikipedia.org
How do I change my start-up page?
When on the Internet, Click on Tools, on the Menu bar and then Click Internet Options:
Under the General Tab, In the Home Page Option Box, Type in the Full URL Address of the page you want, or if you are currently on the page that you would like to be your start page click the Use Current selection button to set the page.
Click Apply and then OK to close and save the changes in the Internet Option Screen.
How to save the web
pages on Hard Disk so I can
read them later on?
Open the web site you want to save and go to the File menu and click on Save As to save the document at the desired destination. Please note that when you do this only the current page will be saved and not the link associated with the document.
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