Getting Started With Personal Computers and the Internet

1/26/2001


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Author: Paul Cyhaniuk

Email: pcyhaniuk@lcusd.net

Home Page: http://www.lcusd.net/lchs/dclausen/InternetSeminar/


Table of Contents

Getting Started With Personal Computers and the Internet

Trends in Computer Hardware and Software

Shopping for a New Computer

Important Computer Hardware Components

Where can you buy a computer?

What is the “Internet?”

What is the World Wide Web

How does the WWW Work?

What do I need and how do I connect to the Internet?

What is an ISP?

ISP Considerations

Your ISP and Email

What is a Browser?

Netscape Communicator

What is a URL?

How are URL’s organized?

How do you find the information you want and need?

Where can I learn more about computers?

Why has the Internet become so popular and why is it here to stay?

Some Useful URLs