The World Wide Web

World Wide Web - graphical, easy-to-navigate interface for looking at documents on the Internet.  These documents, as well as the links between them, comprise a "web" of information.

A "home page"  is the starting point for a web site...something like the cover page or the Table of Contents of a book. Each web page has a unique address called a Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

PISD's home page address (or URL) is www.pasadenaisd.org

 

Setting a site as your home page:  Go to Tools--Internet Options--

Enter the address in which you would like your browser to open.

What is a Browser?

A "browser" is a software tool that you use to look at web pages.  You are using a browser right now to look at this page.  There are 2 dominant browsers in the world right now - Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator.

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PISD has decided to standardize on Microsoft Internet Explorer.