Throughout the next few pages, we'll guide you toward a better understanding of the Internet , also known as the world wide web , the web , or eternal source of frustration . Just in case you didn't notice, important words are in bold text. Once you understand what these words mean, you'll be better equipped to speak the language of the Internet. Your first visit to anywhere on the Internet begins with a web page which is part of a web site . Every page on the Internet, including what you're reading now, is a web page.
Web pages can be any size, length or width.
Web pages are actually text files stored on a computer. The text is interpreted by a program called a browser into a form we can understand. A browser is the program you're using to read this page now, most likely Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. To scroll, click the arrows on the scrollbars along the right side and bottom of your browser window. You can also move up and down on a page by pressing the arrow keys or the page up and page down keys on your keyboard.