yper Text Markup Language), to create links to files on any computer connected to the network. This was possible because each file had an individual address, or URL(Uniform Resource Locator). He then used a set of transfer rules, called HTTP(Hyper Text Transfer Protocol), to link Web files together across the Internet. Berners-Lee also invented the worlds first browser. This lets you locate and view Web pages and also navigate from one link to another.
The WWW became available to everyone in 1991 and the number of Internet users grew from 600,000 to 40 million in five years. Today, that number is much larger and there are now many browsers that provide Web pages, information and other services. You can also do research, download music files, play interactive games, shop, talk in chat rooms and send and receive e-mail on the WWW.
Sasha, read the sentences and translate them
1) The Internet first started in the USA. T/F
2) The Internet and the WWW are different. T/F
3) Berners-Lee invented the Internet. T/F
4) One file on the WWW can have two or more addresses. T/F
5) There are 40 million Internet users today. T/F
Key:
1) true
2) true
3) true
4) false
5) false
Match the groups of verbs below with their general meaning from the box.
move make start join look at find
1) browse, surf, view
2) download, navigate, transfer
3) connect, link
4) discover, locate
5) originate, create, invent
Key:
1) look at
2) move
3) join
4) find
5) make
Complete the sentences(1-7) with the highlighted words from the text.
1) Some people spend too much time playinggames on the Internet.
2) You can sometimes have a computerthat is not connected
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