Internet. WWW.

The Internet opens up vast resources and business opportunities for millions of users around the world and makes communication the easiest it has ever been.

The Internet is a worldwide network of computers, holding vast quantities of data that you can access directly from a PC.

An intranet is a network which uses the same technology as the Internet. However, an intranet is private, and can only be accessed by a particular group of people who have permission to look at the intranet pages. Intranets are often used in business and educational contexts.

A piece of software called a browser is needed to access the Internet. Once you are connected, you can surf the Net i.e. move from one place the another, looking for information on the Internet. If you find something of interest you can download it, i.e. copy a file from an online service to your computer.

The World Wide Web, also referred to as the Web (WWW), is considered by many users to be the most exciting aspect of the Internet. It is a universe of pages containing text, images, sounds, and video clips. The pages of the Web cover a vast range of topics, presented in an attractive, interesting, and easily accessible form.

The information on the Web is displayed in websites. A website can consist of one or many web pages. Websites are written in HTML, a special programming language.

Exercises in Word Study

Ex.1. Form adjectives from the following nouns:

technology, privacy, education, excitement, attraction, interest, access.

Ex.2. Give the English for:

величезні ресурси; всесвітня мережа; велика кількість даних; мати дозвіл; мова програмування; веб-сторінка; в легко доступній формі; мандрувати по мережі в пошуках інформації.

Ex.3. Match the words with similar meanings.

search, browse, select, put through, surf, choose, look for, connect.

Ex.4. Look at the words and phrases in the box. Match them with the correct definition from the list below:

1. a network of the places you can visit on the Internet to view, listen to, and save text, sound or video;

2. a huge computer network of electronic mail and information, used by millions of people and organizations all over the world;

3. connected to other computers by modem;

4. to save an electronic file from one computer to another by modem;

5. company that sells Internet service;

6. a computer networking link restricted to a specific group of users;

7. to browse electronically through the Internet;

8. to read through data files;