What is the Internet?

The Internet is a network of networks - billions of computers, all connected together.

  Internet Explorer 6.0 gives you a graphic, easy-to-navigate interface for looking at pages on the Internet.  These pages, as well as the links between them, comprise a "web" of information.  This "web" of information is commonly known as the World Wide Web, thus www.

Click on the following link to proceed through a short tutorial demonstrating some of the features of the Internet Explorer interface.  NOTE:  When the tutorial is over, click the close box at the top right of the window to return to this page.

Internet Explorer 6.0 Tutorial

The web lets you jump or "hyperlink" from one web page to other pages on the web.  You can think of the web as a big library. 

Web sites are like the books and web "pages" are like specific pages in the books.  As you've seen, pages can contain text, images, movies and sounds -- just about anything.  These pages can be located on computers (servers) anywhere in the world. 

Click on the following link to proceed through a short tutorial demonstrating how you can use the Image Toolbar in Internet Explorer 6.0.  NOTE:  When the tutorial is over, click the close box at the top right of the window to return to this page.

Images on the Web (Internet Explorer 6.0)

This same procedure works with movies and sounds, as well.   If you have an earlier version of Internet Explorer, you might not see the Image Toolbar.  Click here for more information on how to save images, movies and sounds from the Internet.