Chapter 4 - Home Business

Home Business The Internet is a global network of computers that can communicate with each other A computer network is a number of computers that are connected together by cable or the telephone network A uniform resource locator (URL) is a unique address where a website can be found A hyperlink allows you to jump from one webpage to another or to another part of a web page Online shopping is an example of e-commerce Looking at websites and searching the Internet for goods or information is known as "browsing" A search engine is a computer program that helps you browse the Internet or search a website Many event booking and holiday agencies have websites where available places can be searched for and bookings made online