How do I browse the Web?

• Browsers include: Netscape, Mosaic, OmniWeb and Lynx

• URL - Universal Resource Locator
  • http://www.geom.umn.edu/
  • gopher://gopher.tc.umn.edu/
  • ftp://ftp.geom.umn.edu/pub/software/Kali/
  • news:rec.toys.lego

• File types
  • http://www.opentext.com:8080/omw.html
  • http://www.geom.umn.edu/about/people/staff.html
  • http://www.geom.umn.edu/~lori/pix/sis-hair.gif
  • http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/multimedia/sun-sounds/sound_effects/Evil_Laugh.au
  • http://www.geom.umn.edu/docs/forum/sos/2torfly.mpg
  • http://www.geom.umn.edu/cgi-bin/finger?@geom
  • http://nick-at-nite.viacom.com/video/lr1.mov

• Hypertext/links, history: forward & back

• Bookmarks