Understanding Web Addresses

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Understanding Web Browsers

Purpose: To identify, evaluate, compare, and contrast web browsers

Instructions: Use the site www.learnthenet.com . Click the Surf the Web link on the left. Click Web Browsers and complete the following questions.

1. What’s a Web Browser? (2-part answer)

2. What helped popularize the Web?

3. What are the top Web Browsers?

4. Mac users may prefer using this browser?

5. The predefined page that appears when a browser is launched is called?

6. What is the toolbar in a web browser?

7. Describe the toolbar component Back

8. Describe the toolbar component Forward-

9. Describe the toolbar component Home-

10. Describe the toolbar component Refresh/Reload-

11. Describe the toolbar component Print-

12. Describe the toolbar component Stop-

13. When to use the Stop Button? (2-part answer)

14. Describe the toolbar component Search-

15. Describe the toolbar component Favorite/Bookmark-

16. Describe the toolbar component Address Bar-

17. Describe the toolbar component Menu Bar-

18. Access Indicator is what?

19. When it is animated, this means what?

20. Status Bar is located where?

21. What are three progresses of web page transactions are shown?

22. The History button on any browser does what?