A web browser is a very powerful tool that many people use everyday to surf around different sites on the World Wide Web. A web browser can help find anything from airline flight information to the directions on how to get to a place. A browser is a client application program or software that is loaded on the PC to gain access to the Internet and local web pages. The web site name, such as , is a Universal Resource Locator (URL). This URL points to the World Wide Web server (WWW) in the Cisco domain (CISCO) under the Commercial domain. | Cisco Svstems I Lab Web Browser Basics Objective Learn how to use a web browser to access Internet sites. Become familiar with the concept of a URL. Use a search engine to locate information on the Internet. Access selected web sites to learn the definitions of networking terms. Use hyperlinks to jump from the current web site to other web sites. Background A web browser is a very powerful tool that many people use everyday to surf around different sites on the World Wide Web. A web browser can help find anything from airline flight information to the directions on how to get to a place. A browser is a client application program or software that is loaded on the PC to gain access to the Internet and local web pages. The web site name such as is a Universal Resource Locator URL . This URL points to the World Wide Web server WWW in the Cisco domain CISCO under the Commercial domain COM . When the URL is typed the browser makes a request of a Domain Name Server DNS to convert the URL to an IP address. The IP address is used to contact the site. The browser can be used to access search engines by typing the name in the address bar. Some search engines include and . There are several web sites that provide definitions of networking and computer related terms and acronyms. These can be used to help learn more about networking and to do research on the Internet. Two of these are and . Most web sites contain hyperlinks. Hyperlinks are words that are underlined and highlighted. By clicking on a hyperlink a user jumps to another page on the current site or to a page on another web site. A computer configured with an up-to-date browser and access to the Internet is required. Step 1 Start the web browser If using a modem to make the connection dial the number before starting the web browser. What version of Netscape or Internet Explorer is being used Step 2 Identify the
