Archive for the ‘The Internet’ Category

Find A Website Without Knowing The Address

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

“Darn!” you think to yourself. “If only I knew what the website address was!”

This happens millions of times per day, and it happens to millions of different people. You know that a website exists for a particular company or product, but you don’t know the URL. What’s a URL you ask? URL is an acronym that stands for Uniform Resource Locator (Impress your friends!). In non geek-speak, a URL is simply the address of a webpage on the World Wide Web. (more…)

The Internet And The Web - Same Thing Right?

Monday, May 12th, 2008

When we talk about the internet and the world wide web, we’re talking about the same thing right? Surprisingly, they are not the same thing. People often incorrectly use the two terms interchangeably; they are not synonymous. Lets take a closer look at each term and get to the bottom of this common tech misunderstanding. (more…)

So What Exactly Is A “Blog”?

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

A blog simply put, is an online journal. It’s a special kind of website in which regular entries are made about a particular topic. The topic can be anything under the sun, but usually relates to something that the author is fluent and knowledgeable on. On top of text entries, a blog can also contain pictures, audio, and video to make the blog presentation more interesting. (more…)