Internet_Basics

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Objectives: Understand the basic structure of the Internet. Explain how search engines work. ======

Test your knowledge of the Internet
Please pardon the fact that some of the questions are simple and fact-based. I realize you can just "google" some of the answers, but would you do it if I didn't ask? Has curiosity gotten the best of you before now and have you actually looked up this information? Doesn't this add a new dimension to the "If you can Google it, should we teach it?" debate?


 * 1) What is the Internet?
 * 2) Who created the Internet (hint: it wasn't Al Gore)?
 * 3) What is an ISP? Who is your ISP?
 * 4) What is a URL?
 * 5) What is the World Wide Web (WWW)?
 * 6) What is a domain name? Give some examples. What can you learn from a domain name?
 * 7) What are Boolean Operators? How might you use them?
 * 8) What is truncation? Give an example.
 * 9) Who controls the Internet?
 * 10) Can you locate any web page using Google?
 * 11) The following are characteristics of the Internet. Decide if each is a pro or a con and briefly explain why you came to this decision.
 * 12) Keyword search (i.e. uncontrolled vocabulary)
 * 13) Lots of information, can be updated almost instantly
 * 14) Cheap and easy to publish and maintain a website
 * 15) No governing body

**B) INTERNET SEARCHING**

 * Objective: Use advanced search techniques to locate information. **
 * Watch at least three of the videos in the [|"How to Use The Google Search Engine"] series from Expert Village.com.**
 * Review more information about advanced searching techniques from [|Google's Help Center].**
 * Did you learn anything new or were you already a "Google Guru"? What are your favorite new techniques or which might you find most useful?**

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 * Create a Custom Search Engine**