This means anyone with access to the Internet can put forward their own ideas - for good or bad. When viewing information available on the Internet it is particularly important to verify that the information can be trusted. The Internet network is similar to other networks, for instance the telephone network. Information made publically accessible in the form of web pages that are viewed using a web browser. This information can take the form of text, images, animated graphics, sound and video.
Hyperlinks allow for one page to link to other pages anywhere else on the web.
The technology that allows people to send text based messages from one computer to another - anywhere in the world. These messages can have 'attachments'. Attachments can be any other kind of computer information in a file format that is appended to the text based message. Conferencing systems can also be found outside of the World Wide Web. Multiple users can access messages 'posted' to a conference.