Task 12. Discussion. Answer the following questions

How do you launch your web browser?

How do you change the size of the text on a web page?

How can you tell if your browser is working?

If you have a problem with your browser, what would you do?

Task 13. Read the following text to give an explanation to the following terms:

Web browser;

Menu bar;

Toolbar;

Browser’s window

Text 23B. WEB BROWSER

The Web browser is your access point to the information and resources that make up the World Wide Web (WWW). When you click on a hyperlink or type a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) in the location field or address box the browser requests information from a Web server. When the information is delivered it is the browser’s job to display the information or start another program to deal with it.

The commands you use to work with the Web browser are available through the menu bar, the toolbars, the keyboard, and the menus that pop up when you use the right or secondary mouse button. These ways of accessing commands or features stay the same, regardless of what you’re viewing or working with on the World Wide Web. The menu bar is a collection of pulldown menus that you can use for almost every operation or command. The toolbar has a number of items, often displayed as text and icons, which give quick access to some of the commands in the menu bar. Several commands are also available as keyboard shortcuts, meaning that you can type them directly on the keyboard instead of using a mouse.

Once a page is in the browser’s window, you can move around the page using the keyboard, the scroll bars, or the mouse. You can search for words in the page. To go to another page, move the mouse to a hyperlink (the pointer turns into a hand) and click on it. You can also type a URL in the address bar or address box and then press e to access it.

The browser keeps track of the sites you’ve visited during recent sessions. It does this so that you can backtrack and return to sites during a session. The history list holds links to all the sites that you have visited recently. You can collect a set of hyperlinks in the bookmark or favorites list. These will be available from one session to the next. The browser contains commands to let you maintain and manage your bookmark or favorites list.

Common sense tells us not to give out personal information, home phone numbers, or home addresses to people we don’t know. We’re likely not to do that in our daily lives when we don’t know the person who is asking for the information, and it is just as important to apply the same rules when we’re using the Internet or the World Wide Web. The Internet and the World Wide Web give us lots of opportunities for learning, recreation, and communication. We don’t need to be rude or unfriendly, but we do need to be careful, safe, and secure.

Security and privacy on the World Wide Web are important topics for a variety of reasons, including an individual’s desire for privacy, the increased use of the Internet for commercial transactions, and the need to maintain the integrity of information. If you access the Internet by logging into a computer system, you need to take care to choose a password that will be difficult to guess. Furthermore, you should notice and report any unusual circumstances or modifications.

Task 14. Find the words in the text above which have the following meanings and write them in the spaces provided:

A collection of direct links to predefined web pages which is stored in your web browser. _____________

A horizontal strip that contains lists of available menus for a certain program. _____________

A text field near the top of a Web browser window that displays the URL of the current webpage. _____________

A menu of commands or options that appears when you select an item with a mouse. _____________

A word, phrase, or image that you can click on to jump to a new document or a new section within the current document. _____________

A computer program that is responsible for accepting HTTP requests from clients and serving them HTTP responses along with optional data contents. _____________

A set of icons or buttons that are part of a software program's interface or an open window. _____________

A software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. _____________

Task 15. Decide whether the following statements are true or false:

1. A browser is an application program that provides a way to look at and interact with all the information on the World Wide Web. 2. The web browser also interprets HTML tags as links to other websites, or to other web resources. 3. Home pages usually display graphics, sound, and multimedia files, as well as links to other pages, files that can be downloaded. 4. Web browser displays information on your computer by interpreting the URL. 5. The browser main functionality is to present the web resource you choose, by requesting it from the browser window and displaying it on the server. 6. Web is a collection of audios and other resources, linked by hyperlinks and URLs, transmitted by search engines and web servers.

True/False   True/False   True/False   True/False   True/False   True/False

Task 16. Choose the correct word from the list below to complete the following sentences:

Local area network World Wide Web browser surf Internet Explorer (URLs) short wide area network.

A _____________ is a piece of software that allows users to _____________ the internet. The browser that is used in most schools is called _____________ _____________. The _____________ _____________ _____________ is the part of the Internet that is the main information store. Websites can never be mixed up because they all have different web addresses _____________. The Internet is an example of a _____________ _____________ _____________. The opposite of a wide area network is a _____________ _____________ _____________: this is where computers are linked together over _____________ distances.