Basics

Learn the basics of the internet Here are some of the basic things that you need to know about the internet.

• Things Newbies Need To Know What does someone new to the internet need to know? Here is a list of some of the important things.
• Downloading You need to know how to download so that you can take advantage of he tremendous number of files available from the internet.
• Use FTP to upload and download files FTP (File Transfer Protocol) allows you to download and upload files quickly across the internet.
• Internet Speeds Explained What are all these bits and bytes and things?
• URLs give names to web pages and documents A URL is a Uniform Resource Locator which allows web pages to locate one another throughout the world.
• Basic Web Terms Here are some basic terms you will run across on the web. These include page views, hits, unique visitors and impressions.