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What is a search engine and how is it created? a computer program that searches documents, especially on the World Wide Web, for a specified word or words and provides a list of documents in which they are found. If you wanted to start your own website what do you need to do that? get your domain name, choose a website host and sign up for an account, desigh you web pages, test your website, collecting credit card information, get your site noticed, and a conclusion. How does the Internet work? the internet is a worldwide network that allows to specific information of data to transfer in order to establish a standarized communication highway. What makes Google's search technology different than other sites? google is lists the sources based on the number of hits What should you consider before putting information on the web? you should not put vital personal information on the websites becuase many people can give you virus's or take your information and try to stalk you, there are alot of dangers on the web that people need to be awar of. What should you consider when evaluating a website? speed, organization professional looking

When you use a search engine are you searching the world wide web? If not what are you searching? no you are searching through a data base of sites compiled by a search engine Evaluating Electronic Info: Why do we need to have reasons for evaluating Internet resources? What are the criteria for evaluating electronic information? What is software piracy? What are different types of Internet Resources? What is a copyright? How do you cite Internet sources?
 * Have reasons to evaluate sources allows us to tell whether or not the website that we are trying to get information from is reliable. It is also good to know if the website is reliable if you are putting your own information onto the website.
 * bias, quality of the website, how fast the page loads, how old the information is, does the information contradict info found elsewhere.
 * Software piracy is the unauthorized copying of software.
 * Some sources are journals, magazines, newspapers, email, mailing lists, commercial sites, organizational sites, and subject-based sites.
 * A copyright is the exclusive right, granted by law for a certain number of years, to make and dispose of literary, music, or artistic work.
 * You provide all of the information that is found on the webpage.
 * there are different formats in which the information can be organized: MLA, APA

Vocab:
 * Copyright- an exclusive right, granted by law for a certain number of years
 * Currency- the age of the information found on the website
 * Navigation- the ability to use links to move through a website
 * Public Domain- once the copyright has expired the information is available to anyone
 * Shareware- software that is usually down-loadable from the internet is normally free for a free-trial period

__** The Internet and Research **__


 * List three reasons for searching the internet** ﻿research, information, shopping
 * What is a search engine?** a program that allows user to search internet using keywords
 * How does a search engine work?** spiders get keywords, indexer puts in database
 * What is stemming**? other forms of words are searched also, i.e. player--plays, play
 * What is a database**? a collection of organized information
 * What is a keyword search?** a search using keywords
 * What is the difference between a search engine and a subject directory?** engine is a program, directlory is assembled bypeople who check if it meets standards
 * What are different types of Internet Resources?** MP3, keyword, subject directory
 * List 5 common search engines?** google, ask.com, yahoo, aol, msn
 * What are specialty search Engines?** they search specific topics
 * List 5 different search techniques for effective searching?** phrase, math, bootlean, wildcard, related search
 * What is the invisible web?** not all databases support spidering, so theyre all the databases invisible to main search engines


 * Algorithm logic used to find data **
 * Boolean ** logic searches using AND, NOT, OR
 * Database ** a collection of organized information
 * Hits ** results related to keywords inputted
 * Keywords ** descriptive words within a document
 * Math Symbols ** used to enter formula to filter unwanted results
 * Meta tags ** special HTML tag that provide info about a webpage
 * Related Search ** searching for similar pages to one you want
 * Spider ** crawls over internet looking for keywords within a document
 * Wildcard Character ** * character used at end of word if you don't know spelling
 * Index (Indexer) ** puts webpage in engines database
 * Invisible web ** databases not supported by spidering, so they cant be found by main engines
 * MP3 ** music file format that allows near CD-quality audio
 * Search engine ** allows user to search internet using keywords
 * Search engine math ** enter formula to filter search results
 * Subject directories ** o rganized by subject catagories, with links to internet resources

__** The Internet and the World Wide Web **__

**What are the origins of the Internet?** 1960s. orginal name was Arpanet and was used by the US department of defense  **How does the Internet work?** What is necessary for web sites to work? **What are protocols?** a standard format to transfer data with each other  **How do I access the Internet**? you need internet connection, telecommunications software and a browser  **What are the ways you can connect to the Interne**t? Dial up, DSL, fiber optics
 * What is HTML? ** allows you to click on something and bring you to a new page under same domain
 * What is a browser? ** software used to retrieve webpages and display them in readable format
 * What are the main features of a browser? ** shows favorites, history, back/forward buttons
 * How do I copy and paste images, text and web pages? ** highlight with mouse, click edit copy then paste it
 * How do I download and install a program? ** click download button, save to folder, open installer
 * What are the dangers of this? ** it could be a malicious file


 * Address Bar ** contains domain name of website
 * Bookmark ** saved url
 * Browser ** software that provides GUI for internet
 * Disk Cache ** allows you to load web pages faster b/c stored on computer
 * Domain Name ** identifies a site on the internet
 * Favorites ** sites visited often
 * Home Page ** first page displayed when browser is started
 * Host Computer ** a computer remotely accessed from your computer
 * Host Node ** any computer directly connected to network
 * HTML Hypertext Markup Language ** allows pages of website to be connected under same domain
 * HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol ** language used for computers to communicate over internet
 * ISP Internet Service Provider ** local companies that supply internet connection
 * Online Service Provider ** online companies that offer other services as well
 * TCP/IP Transmission Control and Internet Protocol ** TCP- 2 host computers, IP- you enter address into browser
 * URL Uniform Resource Locator ** unique address every webpage has
 * Web Page ** ordinary text encoded with HTML then displayed in browser