Firstly developing an awareness of how to use the Internet profitably will provide you with an immensely valuable information resource, which is constantly being updated and is virtually limitless. Secondly access to the Internet will allow you to exchange messages with people all over the world via email. Quick Overview Your interface with the Internet is carried out via a clever piece of software known as a browser. The one that the University uses is called Internet Explorer. The other most well-known browser is Netscape.
All addresses have a country code at the end, apart from American addresses.
Following links The WWW consists of hypertext pages. Some of the text will be underlined and will be highlighted in a different colour from the rest of the text. If you click on the underlined text you will be linked to another page. When you move the mouse pointer over the hypertext link, it changes to a pointing hand. Move the mouse over this link to see how this works .