3.4.10+Web+Browsers+and+Search+Engines

=__**Functions of a Web Browser and a Search Engine**__=

**Functions of a Web browser:**

 * Ability to open HTML (**H**yper **T**ext **M**arkup **L**anguage) via a URL (**U**niversal **R**esource **L**ocater)[[image:Timeline_of_web_browsers.jpg width="200" height="136" align="right" caption="A timeline of web browsers" link="@http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Timeline_of_web_browsers.svg"]]
 * To store a history of visited websites
 * To print websites
 * To display the HTML code
 * To save a page to a computer
 * To bookmark sites

A list of popular Web browsers:
 * Mozilla Firefox
 * Opera
 * Google Chrome
 * Safari

**Functions of Search engine**

 * Search engines work by searching large indexes of websites and collecting data from the pages to categorize them and index them in their systems for fast access
 * The basic functions include:
 * Looking across the World Wide Web for information
 * Cataloging information with keywords
 * Giving people the a list of websites if they enter a keyword into the search bar that match their keyword(s)

A list of popular Search engines We need to give some information on how Google search works different then other search engines (research) Show a few examples of how to conduct a better Google search.(look here for more info []
 * Google
 * Yahoo
 * Bing
 * Ask

__**Links**__:

 * @http://theory.isthereason.com/?p=1790
 * @http://www.learnthenet.com/english/animate/search.swf
 * @http://websearch.about.com/od/whatistheinternet/a/browser.htm
 * @http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/definitions/hyperlink.html

Edited By: Daniel Gillo Last Modification: 3rd February 2011

Sources:
 * File:timeline Of Web Browsers.svg." 21 January 2011.  Wikimedia.org. 3 February 2011. ____
 * Jones, Richard. Computer Science Java Enabled. Victoria: IBID Press, 2004.