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Basic Internet Skills
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Web Address Information and Quiz
Every website and page has an address.
The technical name for this address is URL
Uniform Resource Locator.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft
A web address is needed to find any website.
The address can tell you which country the website is in.
http://www.canada.gc.ca/
http://www.aph.gov.au/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
http://www.china.org.cn/
The Internet started in America, none of the US web addresses will show that countries code.
http://www.mcdonalds.com/
http://www.americanbank.com/
http://www.ufl.edu/http://www.whitehouse.gov/
The address can tell you what type of organisation runs the website .
http://www.redcross.org/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/http://www.cam.ac.uk/
http://www.aph.gov.au
Every website has a name it may be different to the organisations name or
easier to remember.
http://www.diy.com/ http://www.nts.org.uk/Home/
http://www.royal.gov.uk/ http://www.vam.ac.uk/
The web address is made up of chunks of information that the web browser uses to find the web site.
www. videogallery/disney.co.uk/ DisneyOnline/ funzone/
It is on the web
On the disney server
In this folder
In this sub-folder
In this file
http://www.disney.co.uk/DisneyOnline/funzone/videogallery/
Make sure all dots and slashes are forwards not backwards
. /
As the arrow hovers over a web page the select arrow can change to a
pointing finger. This means there is a link there to another page
Quiz ?
What is the technical name for a web address ?
URL
CUP
PLC
What is the technical name for a web address ?
URL
CUP
PLC
What country is www.bbc.co.uk based in ?
The United Kingdom
The Republic of China
The United States of America
What country is www.bbc.co.uk based in ?
The United Kingdom
The Republic of China
The United States of America
What type of websites does .ac stand for ?
Companies
Academic.
Government
What type of websites does .ac stand for ?
Companies
Academic.
Government
Which is the only country not to use a country code ?
The United States of America
The United Kingdom
The Republic of China
Which is the only country not to use a country code ?
The United States of America
The United Kingdom
The Republic of China
Here’s a recap of what we have covered.
1. Every website has a web address or URL.
2. A web address can tell you which country the website originates from.
3. American websites do not have a country code.
4. Web addresses can tell you what type of organisation the website belongs to.
5. Web addresses are sometimes not the recognised name of the organisation.
6. Web addresses are made up of chunks of information.
7. Every dot and forward slash is important in a web address.
8. If the select arrow changes to a pointing finger it means a link to another page.