Web Literacy
Basics
IP Addresses is equal to a domain name.
Our school IP number 207.165.148.1 is the same as the domain name ikm-manning.k12.ia.us
URL-uniform resource locator (website address)
Homepage- start page
Links- quickly go to other pages
can represent folders, servers, countries, etc
Each / represents a folder level
http://www.ikm-manning.k12.ia.us/ManningElem/Keyboarding/keyboarding.html
http://www.ikm-manning.k12.ia.us=domain name
ManningElem=Folder
Keyboarding=Folder
keyboarding.html=Name of file
Examples of top-level domains include:
.k12 (US school site)
.com (commercial site)
.edu (higher education)
.ac (academic institution outside U.S.)
.mil (military)
.org (organization)
.gov (government)
.net (network)
.biz (business)
.sch (school outside U.S.)Examples of country codes:
.au (Austrailia)
.ca (Canada)
.ch (Switzerland)
.cn (China)
.de (Germany)
.es (Spain)
.nz (New Zealand)
.uk (United Kingdom)
For complete list:http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/85tldn.htm
Truncate a URL
By clicking at the end of an address and deleting characters up to the slash, you may be help to help validate a site.
Do you think this site is authentic? http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
TIPS:
A tilde symbol ~ will always represent a personal web page
Addresses have no spaces, read left to right, no page #, and always a forward slash /
If you hold your mouse over a link, you should see the link address in the status bar at bottom of browser. If you don't see, go to View—Show Status Bar