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Study Opportunities Computers, part of your life – Grade 10, 2nd Edition

Module 2.3 The World Wide Web


Written module activity, p. 110
Introduction: Web pages, websites and web addresses
1. Many people think that the World Wide Web (or WWW) and the internet are the same thing.
What is the relationship between the WWW and the internet?
1. The WWW is one of many services on the internet. It is the section of the internet that is
accessed using a web browser and is focused on providing websites.
2. What is the relationship between a website and a web page?
2. A website is a collection of related web pages which are grouped together.
3. You will be introduced to HTML in CAT in grade 11.
Briefly explain what HTML is.
3. It is a language used to create web pages.
4. What do HTML, JavaScript, PHP and Python have in common, in terms of their general function?
4. They are (languages) used to create and edit web pages.
5. What general name is given to the first or ‘landing’ page of a website?
5. Home page
6. A friend wondered if the blue underlined text on a web page indicated a spelling error.
What is the general name of this type of object and what is it used for?
6. A hyperlink, which acts as a connection to another website, web page or other resource on the
web.
7. The school was told they need a web server for the site they want to create.
Explain why they would need a web server by referring to its function.
7. A web server is a computer that is connected to the internet and that hosts websites.
8. A friend became worried when he saw that his web browser was connecting to 104.236.115.1
(a) What name is given to this series of numbers?
(a) IP address
(b) Explain what a URL is.
(b) A URL is an address used to identify resources such as websites, web pages, documents
and files stored on web servers on the web.

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Types of websites
9. Windows Live and Yahoo! are examples of web portals. What is a web portal?
9. A web portal is a website that acts as a starting point for searching on the web and provides
links to different subjects, which can simplify browsing.
10. Wikipedia is the most well-known example of a wiki. What is a wiki?
10. A wiki is a website for the collaborative (joint) creating and editing of web pages.
11. Many advocacy websites exist on the web. Explain what an advocacy website is.
11. It is a website that describes an idea, opinion or cause and usually presents the views of a
particular group or organisation, e.g. SPCA.
12. How do web-based applications differ from local applications?
12. Web-based applications are applications accessed only over the internet and are not stored on
a local computer.
13. Many people use Rotten Tomatoes, which is an example of a content aggregator.
What is a content aggregator?
13. A content aggregator is a website or application that gathers different web content (such as
news and weather) from many different online sources.
Browsing and searching
14. Would you use a web browser or a search engine if you wanted to get the latest cricket score of
the Proteas? Motivate your answer.
14. A web browser (if you know the URL of a site that gives the scores) or a search engine (if you
first need to locate a site for the information).
15. Give two things you can deduce from the following URL: www.inu.ac.sa
15. It is the website of an academic institution based in Saudi Arabia.
16. Which one of the following is not an example of a web browser?
Google Docs, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge
16. Google Docs.
17. Why does it sometimes happen that the Back button of the web browser is greyed out?
17. The Back button takes you to the page you were viewing previously. If you have viewed more
than one page, it will take you back one page at a time until you get to your starting point
where the button will become ‘greyed out’ and unavailable.
18. Why do browsers on different computers not always open the same web page as others when
the browser is started?
18. It depends on the Home page setting - the page the user has set up as the default or home
page, in other words the first page that appears when the browser is loaded.

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19. What is a ‘hit’ in the context of the functioning of a search engine?


19. A search engine is a program that is used to search for documents located on the web by using
keywords or phrases entered by the user. The database is then scanned and all the websites in
the database containing that word or phrase are returned. We call these ‘hits’.
20. What are Bookmarks and Favourites used for when browsing the web?
20. Bookmarks and Favourites are used to save the web pages you’d like to access again by creating
links to these sites.
21. Give four general guidelines that can be used for successful searching for information on the
web.
21. Decide exactly what you want to find
Identify keywords
Use synonyms if necessary
Use advanced search options such as searching according to date, country, file type etc.

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