Browsers
A browser is a software application used to retrieve, interpret and display content from the World Wide Web, including Web pages, images, video, files and other content hosted on Web servers. Browsers lets you visit websites and do activities within them like:
When you type an address in the browser's address bar, it takes you to the website creating a page for you to interact with. For example when you type 'nuwarra.weebly.com' it takes you directly to the website.
Some browsers have linked a search engine to their address bar. It recognizes if you are typing a web address or a subject to search. It will take you directly to a web page or will give you the results of your search.
Watch the clip to learn 'How websites work'. If it does not play, try this link.
Should the link fail, then ask your teacher to play it for you.
- login
- view multimedia
- link from one site to another
- send and receive email
- videoconferencing
- design web pages
- add anti-phishing filters and other security features
When you type an address in the browser's address bar, it takes you to the website creating a page for you to interact with. For example when you type 'nuwarra.weebly.com' it takes you directly to the website.
Some browsers have linked a search engine to their address bar. It recognizes if you are typing a web address or a subject to search. It will take you directly to a web page or will give you the results of your search.
Watch the clip to learn 'How websites work'. If it does not play, try this link.
Should the link fail, then ask your teacher to play it for you.
Grouping Key: White = Kids search engines; Yellow = Metadata search engines; Orange = General search engines; Red = Visual-relational search engines; Purple = Subject search engines; Pink = Australian search engines; Black = Dictionaries with a difference; Teal = Search help (Metadata Searches use more than one (sometimes 10 at once) general and/or specialised search engines to find information.)