THE INTERNET: SEARCH ENGINES (JSS3 FIRST TERM)
THE INTERNET: SEARCH ENGINES
A search engine
is a program that searches through
a large volume of data
to retrieve information, according to the
specific instruction it has
been given.
Search engines…
Uses of search engines;
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A search engine is used to obtain information from the
Internet,
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it is used to download data from the Internet,
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For research purpose.
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To search for information on different topics.
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For educational purposes.
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To search for the meaning
of words.
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For buying and selling via the
internet.
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Also, some search engines are used for specific purposes
like the google groups, google news, and google book search.
Examples of search engines;
Common search engines on the Internet
include;
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google(www.google.com)
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yahoo(www.yahoo.com)
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eBay(www.eBay.com)
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amazon(www.amazon.com)
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wikipedia(www.wikipedia.com)
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Aol (http://www.aol.com)
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Ask (http://www.ask.com)
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Bing (http://www.bing.com)
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DuckDuckGo (http://www.duckduckgo.com)
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To download information into the diskette or flash drive,
take the following steps;
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Open the information from the site,
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Insert your diskette or flash drive into the appropriate
bay,
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On the Menu bar of the site window, click on File Menu,
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Click on Save as,
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Type in a file
name,
• Click on Save
Review questions
1. The Internet can be defined as____________
A. the internal link of computers,
B. a public network of networks,
C. no network,
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none of the above
2. The meaning of Internet is
____________
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international news,
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international network,
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internal network,
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internal news
3. Which of these come into the user's
computer?
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Uploaded data,
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Downloaded data,
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Created data,
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Computer data,
4. To surf on the Internet is also
to_____________
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browse,
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wash,
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copy,
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save,
5. www means _____________
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Word Wide Web,
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World Wide Web,
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Worl Wide Wed,
• Word Wild Web,
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