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The Internet, also refered to as the "Web," is an ever-growing collection of specialized computers, known as servers, which deliver Internet pages. These "web pages" contain text and graphics designed to be viewed by a global audience. The content of Internet pages vary greatly. The Web contains a wide range of information topics. Universities, corporations, clubs and organizations, governments, television networks, newspaper and magazine publishers, and even members of the general public have produced Web pages.

An essential tool in viewing Web documents is the "web browser." Like the name implies, a web browser is designed to explore the Web. Users of the Web click on highlighted words or graphics, known as hyperlinks, to move from one page to another. The act exploring the web is often refered to as "surfing."

As stated above, the Web is a collection of documents housed on servers located aroung the world. It is not uncommon to move thousands to miles electronicly with a single click of the mouse button. One minute the user may be looking at a document from New Jersey and in the next transported to a web document from China. Web browsers are powerful tools which download the information from often distant computers to be viewed on the users screen. Access to the Internet is available for all citizens of the United States through university systems or subscriptions from corporate access providers.

Netscape Navigator is one of the best web browser available. It provides the user with brilliant graphics, sophisticated page layouts and high speed downloads. The reading of this guide while exploring the Netscape Navigator will help beginners become competent "surfers" and unlock an entire world of information and entertainment resources.

Netscape 2.0 Tutorial
R. Scott Wennerdahl (rswenner@uiuc.edu)
AIM Lab
(July 1996)