Connecting to Internet
Wireless, Cable DSL, or Smartphones
How can my computer connect to the internet?
This allows you to go to the previous page.
What is the back button (left arrow)?
The text box located at the top of a web browser that displays the current website's URL.
What is the address bar?
All of the websites you visited.
What is the history?
A small star that tells you what information must be completed on an online form.
What is an asterisk?
Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge
What is an internet browser?
This mouse looks like a hand.
What is a link cursor?
Digital picture stored on computers and web servers
What is an image?
A website that starts with https.
What is a secured website?
A software program that runs automated tasks on the internet
What is a bot?
URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
What is a web address?
This is the primary, start page of a website.
What is the homepage?
A small text box on a screen where you type words to find information online.
What is a search bar?
A window that does not track your history.
What is a private or incognito window?
A security test used by websites to check if a visitor is a real human or an automated computer program.
What is CAPTCHA?
(Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart)
This is the top-level domain for educational institutions.
What is .edu?
A visual list of options, settings, or commands presented on your screen
What is a menu?
A software tool that helps users find information online (i.e. Google)
What is a search engine?
A digital scam where bad people pretend to be a real company, like your bank or a store, to trick you into sharing your information to steal it.
What is phishing?
To turn on a feature in technology.
What is enable?
This is the top-level domain used by organizations.
What is .org?
A button that saves a specific website address as a shortcut (looks like a star)
What is a bookmark (favorite)?
The exact words, phrases, or questions that people type or speak into a search engine like Google Search to find online information.
What are search terms?
Software that protects your computer from viruses.
What is anti-malware or anti-virus?
A small graphical window or message that appears suddenly on top of your main screen, application, or active webpage.
What is a pop-up?