Chapter 19. Browsing the Internet with Firefox

IN THIS CHAPTER:

142 Navigate the Web

143 Search the Web

144 Search a Page

145 Use History

146 Browse with Tabbed Windows

147 Set Your Home Page

148 Bookmark a Favorite Page

149 Manage Your Bookmarks

150 Save a Web Page

151 Manage Your Downloads

152 Customize the Browser

The World Wide Web is a collection of pages on the Internet ; these pages are filled with text, graphics, movies, sound, and animations. Web pages are "linked together" like the strings of a spider web so that you can easily move from one related page to the next . The Web is just one part of the Internet, but it's certainly the most popular part. On the Web, you can find information on just about anythingsome of it true, some of not, some of it just opinion. To view a web page, you need an Internet connection and a program called a web browser such as Mozilla Firefox.

KEY TERMS

Web browser A program that allows you to view pages on the World Wide Web.

Internet A world-wide network of computers, originally linked together by the government for the purpose of sharing information and research.