UNIVERSITY OF HARGEISA
FACULTY:
BUSINESS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
COURCE: Computer Application
SEMISTER: TWO
INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT(2)
NAME: HANA MOHAMED OMER
ID: 1919907
CLASS: 1A
LECTURER: A.RISAQ A.LAHI
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QUESTIONS
Part One Browsers
1. What is web Browser?
2. Discuss the common web Browsers.
3. What is Browsing History? How can you show deleting Browsing History? Write the
steps.
Part Two Search Engine
1) What is a Search Engine?
2) Discuss the common Search Engines.
3) How can you improve your Search?
Part Three Email
1. What is Email? What is the difference between Email and Mail?
2. What is Email Address?
3. What is Email Provider? Discuss the various common Email Providers?
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Answers
Part One Browsers
1.
Web browser is a software application used to locate, retrieve and display content on
the world wide web, including webpages, images, video and other files. As a
client/server model, the browser is the client run on a computer or mobile device that
contacts the web server and requests information.
2. The common web browsers are–
I. Google Chrome
Google Chrome has become the most used web browsers in the world. Google Chrome was
released in the year 2008 as a freeware that was written in C++. The browser is known for its
performance, ease of use, syncing with Google database, security, great support for WebKit,
HTML5, CSS3, and other latest web standards.
II.
Firefox
Firefox is the second most popular web browser in the world. Firefox is a freeware from
Mozilla organization that was released in the year 2002 by the name “Phoenix”. Even during
its first release, Firefox proved to be a fast and secure browser by its testers and users.
Mozilla Firefox is supported on OS such as Windows, Android, and iOS, Linux, Firefox OS and
OS X.
III.
Internet Explorer
As Windows Operating System is the most popular desktop Operating System in the world,
Internet Explorer or simply IE is the default browser in Windows making this browser the
fourth most popular and used browser in the world. This browser is not free as it requires a
Windows license to use. The Internet Explorer today has added new features to support the
latest web technologies.
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IV.
Safari
Safari web browser is a freeware browser from the Apple Inc. Safari is the default web
browser in Mac computers and in OS X and iOS Operating Systems. Safari was released in the
year 2003. A Version of the browser is available for windows Operating System as well.
Today, Safari is popular because of Apple products.
3. Your browser history is a record of the sites you’ve visited in the past. The record
stores the names of the sites you visited and when you visited them. This includes
download history, search history, cookies and more.
Deleting Browsing History
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In Internet Explorer9, click the gear icon to open the tools menu.
Click safety and then select Delete browsing history..
Part Two Search Engine
1) Search Engine is a service that allows internet users to search for content via the
World Wide Web (WWW)
2) Most popular common search engine
1) Google
Google is the best search engine in the world and it is also one of the most popular products
from Google. Almost 70 percent of the search engine market has been acquired by Google.
2) Yahoo
Yahoo is one of the most popular email providers and its web search engine holds third place
in search with an average of 2% Market share.
3) You could improve your search results by searching for shoe polish. However, that
still may return a wide variety of web sites, such as;
 Stores that sell shoe polish
 Guides on how to polish shoes
 The history of shoe polish
 And probably much more
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Part Three Email
1. Electronic mail, e–mail or email is information stored on a computer that is exchanged
between two users over telecommunications.
Mail is a physical mean of sending letters, including photos, content letters or parcels of
various items. While Email is electronic mail sent through the internet. It is sent to official or
on personal email address, that can be accessed by the particular individual anywhere and
everywhere.
2. An email address identifies an email box to which email messages are delivered.
3. An email provider allows users to send email campaigns to a list of subscribers. Email
providers are technology companies that make it easier for people to build email lists
and send emails.
i. Gmail
Gmail is the most popular and widespread email provider all over the world. It has a lot of
features for users and at the same time, it’s very simply in usage.
ii.
Yahoo
Yahoo mail which is provided by yahoo is also considered to be one of the most successful
email services among internet users.
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