Lesson 2 Flashcards
Enumerate the Popular Web Browsers.
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Safari
Opera
Enumerate Internet Search Tools
Search Engines
Subject Directories
Metasearch Engines
Invisible Web
Specialized Search Engines
Enumerate Search Engines
Google
Alltheweb
Altavista
Enumerate Subject Directories
Metacrawler
Dogpile
ProFusion
Enumerate Specialized Search Engines
Google Groups
Scholar Google (for academic publications)
Enumerate Invisible Web
Langenberg
Complete Planet
The Internet tool for exchanging digital messages that allows users to send text, images, or other attachments in a structured address format (username@domain).
Electronic Mail or Email
How to Find Information on the Internet (Step-by-Step)
- Analyze your topic and clarify your purpose.
- Choose appropriate search tools based on features.
- Formulate a search strategy (use keywords or advanced operators).
- Enter your search strategy in the search bar.
- Evaluate search results for relevance and authority.
- Assess the quantity of information and conclude your search.
A method for remotely accessing and controlling a computer system over the Internet as if you were physically present at that machine.
Telnet
A real-time text messaging platform that enables users to communicate in chat rooms or channels.
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
An email-based discussion group where messages sent to the group are distributed to all its members.
Listservs
The Internet service that involves transferring files between computers, allowing users to upload and download files from servers.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
This tool provides access to a vast collection of interconnected documents and multimedia content, accessed through a web browser.
World Wide Web (WWW)
The Internet tool that uses bots and algorithms to index web pages, making them searchable based on keywords entered by users.
Search Engine
Online forums where users can post messages about specific topics and engage in discussions.
Newsgroups
Software applications that retrieve and display web pages, such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari.
Web Browsers
Manually curated lists of websites, typically used for general topic searches, where human editors organize the links.
Subject Directories
The first graphical browser that gained popularity and helped people navigate the Web easily.
Mosaic
Search engines focused on specialized topics, such as academic publications or discussion groups.
Specialized Search Engines
The system that allows users to enter a URL and access web pages or follow hyperlinks between documents.
Web Browser
Search tools that query multiple search engines at once, retrieving results from each of them.
Metasearch Engines
A part of the Internet not indexed by traditional search engines, containing content like password-protected databases.
Invisible Web
A search strategy that involves using advanced operators or boolean terms to refine the search results.
Advanced Search
Specialized tools that can find resources like people, multimedia files, or other content not easily found with regular search engines.
Internet Search Tools
This search engine tool indexes web pages based on the use of bots, with Google being the most well-known example.
Search Engine
