Internet access by UNSW is granted given the conditions in both the Revised Policy on Allowed Access to AARNet and the Telecommunications Act 1997 . See Conditions of Use for more information. Because this access is provided via AARNet the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee have stipulated a number of conditions of use . These conditions also conform with the 1997 Telecommunications Act . A web browser is a program which may be installed on your computer in order to browse documents via the Internet.
Many web browsers incorporate an email client within their program.
As with any computer product, the one you choose depends on what you wish to accomplish. We recommend and encourage the use of Netscape at UNSW which has a very good worldwide reputation and is freely available for Educational use. An operating system is the program through which your computer functions. It is the interface between a user, the programs and the computer hardware or machine. A window will pop up which details which operating system you are using.