Summary of The Internet
A Search Engine is a program that finds Web sites and Web pages. Search engine is a tool for locating information on the internet by topic.
Examples of search engine include: google, bing, yahoo, mamma, aol, ask, etc.
Search Engines are used to: easily find and download information on any topic, get definition of words and acronyms, carry out research, search for information about people, places and product, find pages, files, news, images, and other data on the web, download educational materials like lecture notes and tutorials in any subject of your choice, download music and video, get maps and direction as well as display advertisements.
The advantages of using search engines include: time savings, relevance, free access, comprehensive, and advanced search.
A computer network consists of a collection of computers, printers and other equipment that are connected together so that they can communicate with each other.
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