internet
how do i get on the internet
Asked by: harry horne
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May 15th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
If you’ve found our website, Harry, you must already be on it!
May 18th, 2009 at 10:22 am
Hi Harry,
“The Internet” is a term which covers lots of worldwide electronic services. It’s a giant network which connects computers everywhere via ISPs (Internet Service Providers).
Email uses the Internet and so does the World Wide Web (aka “The Web”).
You use a web browser such as Firefox, Opera or Internet Explorer to access the web, which consists of millions upon millions of websites. (e.g. http://news.bbc.co.uk )
You can access email in one of two ways: either through your web browser, connecting to the webmail page of your ISP, or via an email client such as Outlook Express or Windows Mail.
The chief difference between the two methods is that with webmail your messages remain on the ISP’s server and can be accessed from anywhere you go, whereas an email client stores the messages on your PC’s hard drive.