Topic : More on Internet Contents- ✔What is Internet? ✔Uses of Internet ✔Important Terms ✔Understanding the Web browser ✔Some of the Web Browsers ✔Mozilla Firefox ✔How to start Mozilla Firefox ✔Components of Mozilla Firefox ✔The five buttons of Navigational ✔Toolbar ✔Working with Firefox ✔To open websites in different tabs ✔Summary and Exercise

1. MORE ON INTERNET
----- BIDISHA PAUL
Reference:
• Internet
• Computer Chrome (Rachna Sagar)

2. Serial
Number Contents Page Number
1. What is Internet? 3
2. Uses of Internet 4
3. Important Terms 5-6
4. Understanding the Web Browser 7
5. Some of the Web Browsers 8
6. Mozilla Firefox 9
7. How to start Mozilla Firefox? 10
8. Components of Mozilla Firefox 11
9. The five buttons of Navigational Toolbar 12
10. Working With Firefox 13
11. To open websites in different tabs 14
12. Summary and Exercise 15-16

4. USES OF INTERNET
SEARCH OR READ
OR CHAT
We can read the latest
news, jokes, comics,
educative things, etc. We
can also very easily chat
with our friends and
relatives.
PLAY OR LISTEN
We can play the games, listen
to music and can also
download them. All these
things can give us the
entertainment.
SHOPPING OR PAYMENT
We can shop our needed
accessories from our home
and can also pay the price
through internet from
home at just one click.

5. SOME IMPORTANT TERMS
WEB PAGE
It is a page on the internet which
contains information in the form of
text, graphics, audios and videos in it.
It has links to other web pages. It has
its own websites.
HOME PAGE
The main page of a website is called the
Home page. This is the first page which
appears when you open a website.
HYPERLINKS
A web page has many things such as
link to a topic which may be in the
same page or an entirely different
document.

6. SOME IMPORTANT TERMS
WEBSITE
A website is collection of web pages
containing information that is related.
WORLDWIDEWEB (WWW)
World wide Web is a collection of various
websites. These sites collectively form a
structure similar to the spider’s web over the
internet and are therefore called WWW.
WEBBROWSER
A web browser is a software that is
used to access information on the
internet.

7. UNDERSTANDING THE WEB BROWSER
A web browser is a software program that is used to access the World Wide web, the
graphical portion of the Internet. The first browser as called NCSA Mosaic. It was developed
at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications in the early 1990s. Internet Explorer,
Firefox and Netscape Navigator are the most popular. All web browsers have nearly the same
features but look a little different.

8. SOME OF THE WEB BROWSERS
APPLESAFARI
• Developed by Apple Inc.
• Initial Release: January 7, 2003
• Operating System: Mac OS X,
iPhone OS, Microsoft Windows
Web Browser
• Type Web Browser
• Website: www.apple.com
OPERA
• Developed by Opera Software
• Initial Release: 1996
• Operating System: Cross
Platform
• Type: Internet Suite
• Website: www.opera.com
GOOGLECHROME
• Developed by Google Inc.
• Initial Release: September 2,
2008
• Operating System: Microsoft
windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
• Type: Web Browser
• Website: www.google.com

9. MOZILLAFIREFOX
• It is a free software. It is produced by the Mozilla
Foundation, a non-profit foundation funded by
donations.
• It is very simple to use.
• It is customizable i.e., almost any function can be added
with the help of extensions.
• It is a secure software.
• It runs on any platform i.e., it works on any windows.
• It has tabbed browsing i.e., it allows to open multiple
websites.
It was developed by Mozilla. Its
initial release was on November 9,
2004. Its operating system is
Microsoft windows, Mac OS X and
Linux.
It is one of the best web browser, a
FTP Client and a Gopher Client.
Its website is www. firefox.com.

10. STARTING MOZILLA FIREFOX
1ST STEP
Open the computer
2ND STEP
Click on Start Button
3RD STEP
Click on Mozilla Firefox or double click on the
icon from the desktop.
The Web Browser will open with the default
homepage displayed in the Content Area. The
default homepage of Mozilla Firefox is
www.google.com .

11. COMPONENT OF MOZILLA FIREFOX
• Menu Bar: This is the bar which has many options using which you can work in the Firefox.
• Navigational Toolbar: This toolbar has five buttons commonly used for navigation.
• Side Bar: Firefox displays some information in side bar, which are vertical bar that open on the left side of the browser
window. You will typically use a side bar to view your Bookmark or your History of sites visited.
• Status Bar: The Status Bar is located at the bottom of the browser window and displays information about the current page
such as Web address for any links on the page, Security information for the page and Loading status of the page.
• Content Area: This is the actual are in which the content of the open website is displayed.
• Location Bar: This is the place where the name of the website to be opened is specified.
• Search Box: If you have navigated to a website other than a search engine, you can still begin a search at anytime by the
Search Box.

12. THE FIVE BUTTONS OF NAVIGATIONAL TOOLBAR
Back Button: Returns to the last website you visited.
Forward Button: Returns to the page you just came from.
Reload Button: Refreshes the website you are currently using.
Stop Button: Stops a website from loading.
Home Button: Directs you to the website that loads automatically when you start your browser.

13. WORKING WITH FIREFOX
One of the most important features of Firefox is its
ability to use tabs. This is also referred as Tabbed
browsing where you can open several web pages at
once in a single browser window. This will make
working easier, as can be in different tabs. This type of
browsing improves to working experience as, there
was less browser windows to manage. The following
screen shows three different websites open in the same
web browser window.

14. TO OPEN WEBSITES IN DIFFERENT TABS
1ST STEP
Right-click the link you want to
open a new tab
2ND STEP
Select or open link in new tab
from the menu.

15. SUMMARY
• The Internet is a network of computers spread across the world.
• There are unlimited reasons for which people use Internet.
• Web page is a page on the internet which contains information in the form of text, graphics, audios and videos in it. It has links to other web
pages. It has its own web address.
• The main page of a website is called the home page. This is the first page which appears when you open a website.
• A website is a collection of web pages containing information related to particular organization.
• World Wide Web is a collection of various websites. These sites collectively form a structure similar to the spider’s web over the internet and are
therefore called WWW.
• A web browser is software that is used to access information on the internet.
• Moving from one web page or website to another on the World Wide Web is called Net Surfing.
• Mozilla Firefox is one of the best browser available.
• Menu Bar is the bar which has many options using which you can work in Firefox.
• Navigational toolbar has five buttons commonly used for Navigation.

16. Exercise
Fill in the blanks:-
1. We can do _______ and _______ using internet.
2. Collection related web pages is called _________.
3. ______ and _____ are web browsers.
4. Internet stands for ________________.
5. _________________ is the bar which has many options using which you can work in Firefox.
6. ____________ toolbar has five buttons commonly used for navigation.
Answer the following Question:-
1. What is Internet?
2. What is Web Browser?
3. What is the use of the Search Box in Firefox?
4. What are the steps to open a website?
Explain the purpose of the following buttons available in the Navigational Toolbar: -
1. Back
2. Forward
3. Stop
4. Reload
5. Home

17. Thank You