Compaq 1200 User Manual
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Hyperlinks often appear in Web pages as colored, underlined
text. You will also find hyperlinks hidden in buttons, pictures,
and drawings on a Web page.
When you pass your cursor over a hidden hyperlink, the
normal cursor arrow turns into a hand with the thumb and first
finger extended.
Click on a hyperlink and discover where it sends you.
These links can move you from page to page, site to site, Web
server to Web server—all over the world!
Web Servers
Information on the World Wide Web is stored on computers
called
Web servers. Web servers are like electronic libraries.
Web servers are scattered throughout the world.
Surfing the Web
Using your computer to tour the
World Wide Web is called
surfing the Web. Sometimes
you’ll just be looking to see
what’s there. At other times,
you’ll be looking for something
specific.
Internet Address (URL)
A Web site has an
Internet address
that tells your computer
how to find it. An Internet address is known as a
Uniform
Resource Locator, or
URL. It identifies the location of a Web
site just as your home address identifies where you live.