The URL tells your Web browser to find a specific file at a specific server and then display it. A Web browser understands HTTP in order to properly display the graphics and text of Web pages. Popular Web browsers include Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. After connecting to a Web site, the first page displayed is called the home page . Hypertext is text that contains links to other text.
Web pages contain links, usually indicated by underlined words, to other Web addresses.
HTML documents can be created using any word processor or text editor such as notepad. Special codes, or tags, are placed inside brackets. The Web browser uses these tags to determine how the Web page should be displayed and what should be displayed for each link. Dr. Perry L. Schoon. All rights reserved.