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Internet Address

An internet address uniquely identifies a node on the internet. Internet address may
also refer to the name or IP of a Website(URL). The term internet address can also

represent someone’s email address.
The first part of the URL( Uniform Resource Locator) is called a protocol identifier and
it indicates its usage whereas the second part is called a resource name. It specifies

the IP address or the domain name where the resource is located. The protocol
identifier and the resource name are separated by a colon and two forward slashes.

Popular Search Engines

Google (www.google.com)

Google is a fast, relevant and the largest
single catalogue of web pages available
today. It offers ‘images’, ‘maps’, ‘news’

and features for locating photos,
geographic directions, news headlines
and much more.

Dogpile.com (www.dogpile.com)

Dogpile is a metasearch engine for information on the World Wide Web that fetches

results from Google, Yahoo!, and Yandex and includes results from several other
popular search engines, including those from audio and video content providers. It is
a registered trademark of Blucora inc.

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