1st post (Learning points from the 57 slides)

10 Learning Points.

1) I learnt about the world wide web and that it is a collection of electronic documents. Each one is called a web page and a web page is program that allows us to view web pages.
2)I learnt the meaning of URL that it stands for Uniform Resource Locator and that is is a unique address for a webpage for example this is the URL for google (www.google.com)
3)I learnt that a link is a built-in connection to another related webpage location. A link will bring you from a website to the other website as in the link.
4)I learnt to recognize links when the mouse is on a link, it will turn into a small hand.
5)I learnt what is a blog, it is a platform where you can constantly update and reflect on their interests and opinions on their daily lives on other issues.
6)I also learnt about graphics formats are used on the web. Some examples include BMP,JPEG,PNG,GIF and TIFF.
7)I learnt what is a thumbnail. It is a small version of a larger graphic used to improvr web page display.
8)I also learnt what a plug-in is. It is a program that extends the capability of a browser.
9)I learnt what a chat is as well, it is a space where you can chat with others in a chat room and it is real-time typed conversation that takes place on a computer.
10)I also learnt about netiquette, we have to treat others the way we would like them to treat us even on the net.