A website, developed by a person or organization, consists of one or a series of pages designed to be accessible through the Internet from anywhere in the world. A homepage is the introductory page of a website and generally serves as its main menu. On library computers, we have set McIntyre Library's website as the default homepage using Netscape. You can always click the HOME button at the top of the screen to return to the library website. As you explore the Web, you will discover text and graphics that constitute clickable links which take you to another local page, image, audio or video clip, or to a distant website.
Text used as links normally appears in a color different from the usual word color used on the page.
The host name is followed by one forward slash. The final two or three letters of the Host indicate what type of organization is hosting the web page. Two letter abbreviations found at the end of some URLs are country codes. For example, ca is for Canada. The directory name is also followed by a forward slash.