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Objectives
• Describe a Web site, common Web page
characteristics, and Web servers
• Explain the role IP addresses, domain names,
and URLs play in locating Web pages
• Start a Web browser and view Web pages
• Visit Web pages using browser shortcuts
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Objectives
• Save online information for later use
• Change Web browser options
• Discuss the risks and safeguards related to using
the Web
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Web Sites, Web Pages, and Web Servers
• Web Sites
– Number of pages varies depending on site’s purpose
and type of content and services it provides
– FAQ page lists frequently asked questions and their
answers
– A Web portal, or simply a portal, is a special type of
Web site that offers a doorway to a vast range of
content and services
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Web Sites
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Web Sites, Web Pages, and Web Servers
• Web Pages
– Designed to attract visitors and hold their attention
– Common characteristics
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Logo and/or name
Images
Links
Advertisements
Search tool
Connectivity links or icons
Copyright statement
Link to a privacy and security policy statement
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Web Pages
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Web Sites, Web Pages, and Web Servers
• Web Servers
– Web browser is a client that requests resources from a
Web server
– Server “serves up” resources upon request
• Web browsing is example of client/server computing
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Web Sites, Web Pages, and Web Servers
• Web Servers
– Single Web server can host multiple Web sites
– Large Web sites may span multiple Web servers
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IP Addresses, Domain Names, and URLs
• IP Address
– A number that uniquely identifies each computer or
device connected to the Internet
– A series of four numbers separated by a period or dot
• 69.32.133.79
• Static IP addresses seldom change
• Dynamic IP addresses are temporary
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IP Addresses, Domain Names, and URLs
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IP Addresses, Domain Names, and URLs
• Domain Name
– A text alias for one or more IP addresses
• cengage.com is domain name for 69.32.133.79
– Domain Name System (DNS) uses name servers to
resolve domain name to IP address
• Managed by ICANN
• TLD (.com, .biz, and so forth)
• ccTLD (.us, .uk, and so forth)
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Top-Level Domains
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IP Addresses, Domain Names, and URLs
• Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)
– A unique Web address
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http:// protocol
Domain name
Path
File name
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Web Browsers
• Software program used to view Web pages
• Most commonly used Web browser is Windows
Internet Explorer, others include
– Firefox
– Opera
– Google Chrome
– Safari
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Internet Explorer 9
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Opening Your Browser and Loading
a Web Page
• Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar
• Click the Internet Explorer icon on the Start menu,
or click All Programs, and then click the Internet
Explorer icon if it is not pinned to the Start menu
to open Internet Explorer
• Click the Address box on the Address bar
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Opening Your Browser and Loading
a Web Page
• Type www.cengage.com as the URL
• Press the ENTER key to open the Cengage home
page
• Click the Buy, Rent, Access CengageBrain.com link
to open the CengageBrain Web site in your
browser
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Opening Your Browser and Loading
a Web Page
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Using a Search Box to Find Information
• Type Discovering the Internet in the
Find your Textbook or Materials text box
• Press the ENTER key to search for the Book
Companion Site Web page for this text
• Click the link for this text to open a new page
• Click the Access Now button to open the Book
Companion Site Web page
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Using a Search Box to Find Information
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Viewing a Web Page by Clicking a Link
• Click the Select a chapter list arrow, and then click 2.
Browsing the Web to open the resources for Chapter 2
• Click the Steps text link to view the links for the text
• Right-click the The Weather Channel link, and then click
‘Open in new window’ to open www.weather.com in a
new browser window. Maximize the window if necessary
• Drag the scroll box on the vertical scroll bar down to view
the content at the bottom of the Web page, and then
drag the scroll box on the vertical scroll bar up to view
the top of the Web page
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Viewing a Web Page by Clicking a Link
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Web Browsers
• Navigating Recently Viewed Web Pages
– Use the Back, Forward, Stop, Refresh, and Home
Buttons
• Back and Forward buttons – revisit recently viewed pages
• Stop and Refresh buttons – stops opening a page or opens
an updated copy of the current page
• Home – refreshes the home page(s)
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Navigating Through Recently Viewed Pages
• Verify that Internet Explorer is open with The
Weather Channel home page open
• Click any link on The Weather Channel home page to
open a new Web page in the same browser window
and tab
• Click the Back button to return to The Weather
Channel home page
• Click the Forward button to return to the Web page
you were viewing before you clicked the Back button
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Navigating Through Recently Viewed Pages
• Click the Refresh button to open a fresh copy of
the Web page to view any updated temperature
or other new information on the Web page
• Click the Home button to open the browser’s
default home page
• Click the browser Close button to close Internet
Explorer; close all tabs, if asked
• If necessary, close any other open Internet
Explorer windows
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Navigating Through Recently Viewed Pages
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Web Browsers
• Using Tabbed Browsing
– Allows you to open multiple Web pages in a single
browser window
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Web Browsers
• Using Tabbed Browsing
– Each page can be opened in its own tab on the tab row
– Clicking a tab brings the Web page and tab from the
tab row background to the foreground
– Click the New Tab button to open a blank tab then
enter URL in the Address box to open a Web page in
the new tab
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Web Browsers
• Using Tabbed Browsing
– Press ALT+ENTER keys after you type a URL to open
the Web page in a new tab
– Press the CTRL key as you click a link to open the
linked page in a new tab
– To open the linked page in the background, press
CTRL+SHIFT as you click the link
– To close a tab, click the Close Tab button
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Opening and Closing Multiple Web Page Tabs
• Click the Internet Explorer Browser icon on the Start
menu to open Internet Explorer
• Click the New Tab button on the tab row to open a
New Tab page
• Type espn.com in the Address box
• Press the ENTER key to open the ESPN home page in
the new tab
• Type nfl.com in the Address box.
• Press ALT+ENTER to open the NFL.com home page in
a new tab in the tab row foreground
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Opening and Closing Multiple Web Page Tabs
• Press CTRL and click the News link to open the NFL
News page in a new tab in the tab row background
• Click the NFL News tab to display the tab in the
foreground
• Click the Close Tab button on the NFL News Web
page tab to close the Web page
• Click the New Tab button on the tab row to open a
New Tab page
• Click the ‘Reopen closed tabs’ link on the New Tab
page, if necessary, to see a list of closed tabs
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Opening and Closing Multiple Web Page Tabs
• Click the NFL News link to reopen the Web page in a
new tab
• Close Internet Explorer and close all tabs, if asked
• Click the Internet Explorer Browser icon on the Start
menu to start Internet Explorer
• Click the New Tab button on the tab row to open a
New Tab page
• Click the ‘Reopen last session’ link to reopen the tabs
that were open when you closed Internet Explorer
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Opening and Closing Multiple Web Page Tabs
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Viewing Open Web Pages Using the New
Tab Page
• Click the New Tab button to open the New Tab page
• Click the NFL News button to open the NFL News Web
page
• Close Internet Explorer and all tabs
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Using Browser Shortcuts to Visit Web Pages
• The Internet Explorer browser provides several
shortcuts for accessing Web page content and
revisiting Web pages, such as:
– Favorites
– History
– Accelerators
– RSS feeds and Web Slices
– Address bar dropdown list
– Suggested Sites
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Creating a Favorite Subfolder
and Adding a Favorite
• Start Internet Explorer and open the Student Online
Companion Web page at www.cengagebrain.com by
following the same set of steps as you did earlier in the
chapter
• Click the Select a chapter list arrow, and then click 2. Browsing
the Web to open the resources for Chapter 2
• Click the Steps link in the left navigation bar to open the Steps
Web page.
• Click Dell to open the Dell home page in the current tab
• Click the Favorites button to open the Favorites Center pane
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Creating a Favorite Subfolder
and Adding a Favorite
• Click the Favorites tab, if necessary, to view your
list of favorites and subfolders
• Click the ‘Add to favorites’ button to display the
Add a Favorite dialog box
• Type Dell in the Name text box
• Click the New folder button to display the Create
a Folder dialog box
• Type Technology Sites
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Creating a Favorite Subfolder
and Adding a Favorite
• Click the Create button to create the new Technology
Sites subfolder inside the Favorites folder
• Click the Add button in the Add a Favorite dialog box to
add the Dell favorite to the new Technology Sites folder
• Click the New Tab button to display the New Tab page
• Click the Favorites button to open the Favorites Center
• Click the Technology Sites folder to view its contents
• Click the Dell favorite link to open the Dell home page in
the current tab
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Creating a Favorite Subfolder
and Adding a Favorite
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Deleting a Favorites Subfolder
and Its Contents
• Click the Favorites button to open the Favorites
Center
• Click the Favorites tab, if necessary, to display your
list of favorites and subfolders
• Right-click the Technology Sites subfolder to display
the shortcut menu
• Click Delete to display the Delete Folder confirmation
dialog box
• Click the Yes button to confirm the deletion
• Close Internet Explorer
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Deleting a Favorites Subfolder
and Its Contents
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Revisiting a Web Page Using the History List
• Start Internet Explorer
• Click the Favorites button to open the Favorites
Center
• Click the History tab to view the History list
• Click the Today icon, if necessary, to expand the
list of Web pages visited today
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Revisiting a Web Page Using the History List
• Click the nfl (www.nfl.com) folder link in the
History list to view links to individual pages visited
at the NFL Web site
• Click the NFL News link to close the Favorites
Center and open the NFL News Web page in the
current tab
• Close Internet Explorer
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Revisiting a Web Page Using the History List
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Web Slices
• Allows you to quickly preview frequently updated
Web page content, such as weather reports or
sports scores
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Accelerators
• Add-ons to Internet Explorer that allow you to
access Web content or take some action based on
selected Web page text
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Subscribing to an RSS Feed
• Navigate to the page containing an RSS feed
• Click the Feeds button arrow to view the available feeds on the
selected Web site
• Click the feed of your choice
• Scroll the Web page to view the stories available through the feed
• Click the ‘Subscribe to this feed’ link to display the Subscribe to this
Feed dialog box
• Click the Subscribe button to display the confirmation Web page
• Click the Close Tab button to close the confirmation Web page
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Subscribing to an RSS Feed
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Viewing and Deleting an RSS Feed
• Open the Favorites Center
• Click the Feeds tab to view the list of RSS feeds to which
you have subscribed
• Open the Favorites Center
• Click the Feeds tab, if necessary, to view the Feeds list
• Right-click the desired feed to delete
• Click the Delete button to display the confirmation dialog
box
• Click the Yes button to confirm the deletion
• Close Internet Explorer
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Viewing and Deleting an RSS Feed
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Address Bar Drop-Down List
• The AutoComplete feature looks at the first few
characters you type in the Address box and then
suggests Web sites and search keywords based on
the stored URLs
• The Address bar dropdown list organizes
suggestions by:
– AutoComplete suggestions
– History
– Favorites
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Address Bar Drop-Down List
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Suggested Sites
• The Suggested Sites feature allows Internet
Explorer to use your Web browsing habits to
present suggestions for additional browsing
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Pinning a Web Site to the Taskbar
• Open Internet Explorer and navigate to www.msn.com if
it is not your home page
• Click the favicon
• Drag the favicon to the taskbar to pin it
• Close the browser
• Click the icon on the taskbar to open the Web site
• Right-click the icon on the taskbar to open a shortcut
menu
• Click ‘Unpin this program from taskbar’ to remove the
taskbar icon
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Pinning a Web Site to the Taskbar
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Saving Online Information
• Printing a Web Page
– Preview the page to see how it will look before
printing it
– Print selected information
– Print the entire page
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Saving Online Information
• Saving a Web Page
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Webpage, complete (HTML page and all related files)
Web Archive, single file (snapshot of page)
Webpage, HTML only (no related files are saved)
Text file (page text is saved in plain text format)
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Saving a Web Page
• Start Internet Explorer
• Click the Page button on the Command bar to
view the Page button menu
• Click Save as to open the Save Webpage dialog
box
• Navigate to the folder specified by your instructor
• Click the ‘Save as type’ box arrow to view the
available file types
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Saving a Web Page
• Click Web Archive, single file (*.mht), if necessary,
to select the desired file type
• Click the Save button
• Close Internet Explorer
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Saving a Web Page
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Saving Online Information
• E-mailing a Web Page
– Send a page or a link to a page using commands on
the Page button on the Command bar
• Saving a Web Page Image
– Use a shortcut menu
– Most Web page images are the property of their
owners and are protected by U.S. copyright law.
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Changing Browser Options
• Showing and Hiding the Menu Bar and Toolbars
– Turn on or off toolbars using the Tools button on the
Command bar
– Press ALT key to toggle on/off the menu bar
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Showing and Hiding the Menu Bar and
the Favorites Bar
• Start Internet Explorer
• Press ALT to display the menu bar below the
Address bar
• Press ALT to hide the menu bar
• Click the Tools button on the Command bar
• Point to Toolbars to display the Toolbars submenu
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Showing and Hiding the Menu Bar and
the Favorites Bar
• Click Favorites bar on the Toolbars submenu to
display the Favorites bar below the Address bar
• Right-click a blank area at the end of the Favorites
bar to display the Toolbars shortcut menu
• Click Favorites bar on the shortcut menu to hide
the Favorites bar
• Close Internet Explorer
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Showing and Hiding the Menu Bar and
the Favorites Bar
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Changing Browser Options
• Customizing the Command Bar
– Use the Tools button on the Command bar
– Add or remove buttons or modify text labels
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Adding a Browser Home Page
• Start Internet Explorer
• Type weather.com in the Address bar and press
the ENTER key
• Click the Home button arrow on the Command bar to
display the Home button menu
• Click ‘Add or change home page’ to display the Add or
Change Home Page dialog box
• Click the “Add this webpage to your home page tabs”
option button to add the current Web page as a
home page tab
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Adding a Browser Home Page
• Click the Yes button to add the Web page to your
home page tabs
• Close Internet Explorer
• Start Internet Explorer to view two home page
tabs
• Click the Home button arrow on the Command
bar to view the menu
• Point to the Remove command to view the
submenu
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Adding a Browser Home Page
• Click National and Local Weather Forecast… to open
the Delete Home Page dialog box
• Click the Yes button in the Delete Home Page dialog
box to confirm the removal of the second home page
• Close Internet Explorer
• Start Internet Explorer to confirm that The Weather
Channel’s home page is no longer part of the home
page tabs
• Close Internet Explorer
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Adding a Browser Home Page
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Changing Browser Options
• Viewing a Web Page in Compatibility View
– Click the Tools button on the Command bar and click
Compatibility View to turn on the feature
• Zooming a Web Page
– Change the "zoom" percentage using the ‘Change
zoom level’ button arrow on the status bar
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Changing Browser Options
• Setting Other Browser Options
– Use the Internet Options dialog box to set browser
options
• Number of days browsing history is maintained
• Temporary Internet files
• Overall appearance
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Using the Web: Risks and Safeguards
• Protecting Your Computer from Hackers
– A hacker is an individual who uses his or her computer
skills to access a network and the computers on that
network without authorization
– A firewall is hardware and/or software that blocks
outside intruders
• Home computers: install a personal firewall to protect
against hackers
– Windows Firewall
– ZoneAlarm
– PCTools
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Using the Web: Risks and Safeguards
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Using the Web: Risks and Safeguards
• Protecting Your Computer from Viruses
– A computer virus is a small, potentially damaging
computer program that can infect a computer and
then spread to other computers through:
• Sending/receiving e-mail
• Downloading files
• Exchanging word processing or spreadsheet files
– Install virus protection software to protect against
infection
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Using the Web: Risks and Safeguards
• Shopping Safely Online
– Use reputable online vendors
– Pay with a credit card over a secure (SSL) connection
– Use a third-party payment service if participating in
consumer-to-consumer transactions
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Using the Web: Risks and Safeguards
• Filtering Web Content
– Web is a largely unregulated environment
• Tracking Protection Lists (TPLs)
• Use Web content filters (Internet filters)
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Using the Web: Risks and Safeguards
• Protecting Against Malicious Web Sites
– A malicious Web site is a phony site designed to look
like a legitimate site
– Used by thieves to collect personal information
• Name
• Password
– Internet Explorer has built-in SmartScreen Filter that evaluates sites
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Using the Web: Risks and Safeguards
• Keeping Your Personal Information Private
– Entities that might be collecting and using your private
information
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Employers
Internet Service Providers
Government agencies
Privacy advocates
E-Business Web sites
Cookies
Spyware and adware
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Using the Web: Risks and Safeguards
• Keeping Your Personal Information Private
– Privacy advocates are dedicated to informing
government agencies and consumers about privacy
issues and maintaining information about privacy
issues at their Web sites
– InPrivate Browsing allows you to browse the Web
privately without storing information about the Web
sites you visit
– InPrivate Filtering protects against parties collecting
information about your browsing habits
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Chapter Summary
• Describe a Web site, common Web page
characteristics, and Web servers
• Explain the role IP addresses, domain names,
and URLs play in locating Web pages
• Start a Web browser and view Web pages
• Visit Web pages using browser shortcuts
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Chapter Summary
• Save online information for later use
• Change Web browser options
• Discuss the risks and safeguards related to using
the Web
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