The information displayed by browsers is in hypertext format. Hypertext is a way of presenting text on a page which contains selected words that, when clicked, will provide links to more information. The links may lead to information on the same page, another page on the same server, or another server somewhere in the world. The first page displayed when a user connects to a Web site is referred to as the home page. Netscape is a graphical Web browser that comes with your operating system and can be used to download Internet software, software documentation, or other information from the Internet.
Browsers require a URL to display information found on a Web server.
An example of a URL is the URL of the University of Houston home page. URLs are case-sensitive and must be entered as shown. Using your PPP connection, you can use graphical Internet software from home. Internet software is available in the Information Technology Customer Services Software Library, which is available via the World Wide Web. Using Netscape you can download software from the Software Library to your home computer.