SESSION 7: INTERNET TERMS

       Exercise 1

       1. IT is an abbreviation for Information Techonlogy: true.

       2. The Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW) are the same thing: false.

       3. A browser is a person who enjoys looking at the WWW: false.

       4. You can see pictures and words on-line but you cannot listen to sounds: false.
       5. You need the newest, fastest computers to use the web: false.
       6. Most internet users are men: true.
       7. @ is called ''at'' in English: true.


        Exercise 2
           
       A browser: software that lets you access the WWW.
       To download: to get programs from the Internet.
       To chat: to have a conversation through the Internet by writing or speaking.
       Email: letters you send by Internet.
       A modem: things that connects a computer to the Internet.
       Wi-Fi: wireless device that allows computers to connect to the Internet using a router.
       On-line: when you are connected to the Internet.
       Software: computer programs.
       Scroll down/up: move the page up or down using the side tabs with your mouse.



        Exercise 3

       1. I use a fast modem to connect my computer to the Internet.
       2. RealPlayer is computer software that use to listen to music on the World Wide Web.
       3. I always save my documents on floppy disks.
       4. Chat is a good way of meeting other people on the Internet.
       5. A beep is a sound your computer makes when there is an error.
       
       

      Exercise 4

       1. What is the difference betwen a Search Engine and a Browser? Give examples of                      commercial  names of both. The difference is that a browser allows you to acces the Internet              and a search engine allows you to acces the WWW.
       Search Engine: Google, Yahoo...
       Browser: Google Chrome, Mozilla...
       2. Which search engine do you use more? Google.
       3. Which browser do you use more? Google Chrome.