The Internet is a network of computers all over the world. To connect to the Internet, most people use a modem. A modem is necessary because computer information is digital, while phone line information is analog; the modem translates the two technologies. One part of the Internet is newsgroups, but the most fun part is the world wide web.

The World Wide Web consists of millions of individual pages. A related collection of pages is called a web site. The first page of a web site is usually called the home page. However, more and more sites feature entry pages, which leads the reader to the home page. The home page is like a table of contents.

On each web page you will find links that you click to jump to other web pages. You can usually tell if text is linked because it is underlined and in a different color. Linked text is called hypertext. Often graphics are also links. Even if there are no clues, you can tell if an item is a link because the pointer turns into a little hand when it is positioned over the links.