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Exposure to Inappropriate Material› The Internet contains countless materials
that are sexual, hateful, or violent in nature, or encourage you to do activities that are dangerous or illegal.
Physical Molestation› You may be asked to provide information
that puts your safety at risk and also endangers your family and friends.
› You may also asked to have a face to face meeting with a person who has introduced himself as somebody else to gain your trust
› Worst cased include child pornography, rape, and kidnapping.
Harassment› You may encounter e-mail or chat
messages that insult, harass or humiliate you.
Legal and Financial Troubles› This includes asking for you or your
parent’s credit card number of doing acts that violate your rights as a minor or as a person.
Invasion of Privacy› You have the right to privacy. There are
people on the Internet who will extract personal information from you to identify who you are. Never give out such information without the approval of your parents. You have the right to say No.
Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco and other Dangers› Numerous websites and newsgroup
encourage minors to use drugs and alcohol and to smoke.
› There are also websites that even teach you how to make bombs and explosives. Some websites even sell weapons to anybody or direct buyers to places where they can acquire one.
Gambling and other Inappropriate Behaviors› There are sites that enable people to
gamble with real money using credit cards. Minors are never allowed to gamble.
Telling your name and address Meeting a person you met in a chat
room alone Giving someone the password of your
e-mail account Responding to mean or rude messages Sending your scanned picture to
someone you met in a chat room
Entering gambling websites Reading materials with illegal content
such as websites telling minors where they can purchase alcohol and drugs
Not following the schedule of Internet use set by your parents
1. Internet› a huge network of computer around the
world.› These computers are all linked together,
and they can “talk” to each other, sharing information.
› If your computer is connected to the Internet, it can connect to millions of other computers worldwide means of telephone wires, cables and satellites.
You can send electronic messages to people.
You can read pages on the World Wide Web.
You can do research on practically any topic.
You can play games with people in other parts of the world.
You can chat with people. You can even buy things on the
Internet and have them delivered to your house.
2. World Wide Web› Part of the Internet that consists of millions
of interlinked pages (documents) of information form all over the world.
› These linked pages have text, pictures, sounds and many more
* The Internet is different from the World Wide Web. The Internet connects millions of computers, while the World Wide Web is a way of accessing information of the Internet.
3. Web Browser› A program used to locate and display Web
pages on the World Wide Web. It connects your computer to another computer called the Web server and then enables you to take information from it.
› It runs on an Internet-connected computer.
2 Popular and Commonly Used Web Browsers
Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator
4. Web Server› A computer that delivers Web pages. It
accepts and processes requests, and then sends the requested Web page to Web clients.
5. Web Client› The computer accessing a Web page.
6. Website› A site or location in the World Wide Web.› It is a collection of inter-connected Web
pages that have a common theme.
7. Web Page › A document in the World Wide Web
containing text, images, animations or sounds. Each Web age has a unique URL.
8. URL of Uniform Source Locator› The address of a website or Web page on
the World Wide Web.› Examples:
http://www.disneychannel.com http://www.yahooligans.com http://www.dictionary.com
9. Search Engine › A program that enables users to find the
information they need to the Internet. After the user has typed one or more keywords, the search engine returns a list of the documents or files that contain one or more of the keywords in their titles, descriptions or text.
Examples: http://www.yahoo.com http://www.google.com http://www.msn.com http://www.altavista.com http://www.askjeeves.com
10. Home Page› The first page that shows up when you
start your browser.› The very first page that appears when you
enter a website.› Your own personalized page on the Web.
11. ISP or Internet Service Provider› A company that sells or provides Internet
access. You can subscribe to them and pay
monthly, or may use prepaid.
12. E-mail or Electronic mail› A way of sending messages electronically
from one computer to another through the Internet.
13. E-mail Address› Your mailing address on the Internet.
Every e-mail address in unique for each user.
E-mail addresses have the following format: Username, the “@” symbol followed by
a domain name (a unique name used to identify web pages).
Example: [email protected]
14. Spam› A term that refers to junk e-mail.› Generally, it consists of e-mail advertising
sent to a mailing list or newsgroup.
15. Chat› Is a way people in different places to “talk”
to each other by typing what they want to say into a computer.
› Once a chat has been initiated, either user can type on the keyboard what he wants to say and the text will immediately appear o the other user’s monitor.
16. Chat Room› A virtual room where chat sessions take
place.
17. Emoticon › Small icon composed of keyboard
characters that imitate facial expressions to show the mood or emotion of the writer
› Example:
18. Modem› An acronym for modulator/demodulator. It
is a device that links a computer to other computers through a telephone line.
19. Upload› The act of sending a file to another
computer through a network.
20. Download› The act of getting a file from someone
else’s computer and then saving to your own computer.