User's Manual

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Exploring Your Computer’s Features
An overview of using the Internet
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To use your wireless communication, slide the wireless on/off
switch to the On position.
When the Wi-Fi antenna switch is on, the wireless indicator
light next to the switch will be lit.
For help with common Wi-Fi networking problems, see
“Wireless networking problems” on page 233.
An overview of using the Internet
The following sections give a quick introduction to the
Internet and some of its exciting features, under these
headings:
❖ The Internet
❖ The World Wide Web
❖ Internet Service Providers
❖ Connecting to the Internet
❖ Surfing the Internet
❖ Internet features
❖ Uploading to, and downloading files from, the Internet
The Internet
The Internet is an association of thousands of networks and
millions of computers around the world connected by
communications lines. They all work together to share
information.
The World Wide Web
The World Wide Web (or ‘Web’) is a subset of the Internet —
a collection of interlinked documents (located on computers
connected to the Internet) that work together using a specific
Internet protocol called Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
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