Chapter two carried over alot of information from chapter one, but went into much more detail. It more thoroughly defined that an IP address is the address that a computer is located on the internet. I defined what a web page consists of, and that a web server is the server that is a computer on which the web pages reside. When you type in the URL of a web page, the browser retrieves the pages for viewing from this server. Once you find the web page, you can store it in favorites or create web slices for faster viewing at a later time. A great example of this is online banking web sites that you view often can be saved as favorites, along with the login and passwords for these sites that can be automatically filled in when logging in by storing them as "cookies" in your computer's memory. You can also save a copy of a web page for future viewing on or off line. This is made possible because, once saved, it is now on your computer, rather than having to view it from the web server. The only difference is that it will not update when the original page is updated or changed.
There are many things you can personalize on your browser for easier and nicer viewing. There are many options for your browser such as favorites, links, and toolbars. You can also choose what page you want to start whe you first open your browser. I have now found that symaloo works very well as a start page for your browser if used like a "map to the web."
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