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Social Networking

Social networking is a very common way of communication these days. It brings people together to talk, share
ideas and interests, or make new friends. The most popular social networking website on the Internet is Facebook
(www.facebook.com).

Videoconferencing

Conducting a live conversation between two or more participants at different locations is called videoconferencing.
In videoconferencing, a microphone and a web camera is used by all the participants. The most popular
videoconferencing website is Skype (www.skype.com).

Important Internet Terms

Website

A website is a collection of related web pages that provides information about many things. A website is like a
book that contains many pages. Each website has a unique address known as its web address or URL (Uniform
Resource Locator).

Web Page

A web page is a page of a website. Each page may contain text, graphics, audios, videos, etc.
Home Page

Every website has a main page which appears when we open the website. This page is called the home page.

Hyperlink
A web page also contains hyperlinks. When we move the mouse pointer over a hyperlink,
A web page also contains hyperlinks. When we move the mouse pointer over a hyperlink, it changes its shape to it changes its shape to
a hand ( ). When we click on the hyperlink, it leads us to some other part of the website.

World Wide Web (WWW)
World Wide Web (WWW) is the largest collection of information on the Internet. It contains millions of websites.
Thus, WWW is like a library that contains millions of books.

Search Engines
Search engines are specially programmed websites that search information for us
according to the terms we specify. The most popular search engine is Google.

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