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What are web pages?

The World Wide Web is comprised of several billion individual web pages. These pages are literally the same as the pages you create in your word processorin fact, many of them are created in word processors, and the code for any web page can be viewed in a word processor.Chapter 3," and the book instantly flips to Chapter 3. In Chapter 3, there is a reference to Greek mythology. You touch the word "Greek mythology," and a book about Greek mythology instantly appears in front of you, open to the page you want. As you're reading about Greek mythology, you see a reference to goddess worship so you touch that reference and instantly that book appears in front of you, open to the page you want. That's what web pages do, that's what hypertext is. That is incredible.

What is a web address?

Even though there are several billion web pages on the Internet right now, every web page has its own address, just like every house in the country has an address of some sort. The address is sometimes called a URL (pronounced you are ell). When you get to page 139, you'll learn exactly how to enter a URL.

If you want to connect right now

You don't have to connect to the Internet and the web to read this chapteryou can skim through and get the gist of how to use your browser and the web.

But if you have a full-time broadband connection (something like a cable modem, DSL, ISDN, or T1 line) and want to connect so you can experiment in this chapter, all you need to do to get to the Internet is single-click the Safari browser icon in your Dock.

This is the icon for the browser that came with your Mac, called Safari. If you have a full-time connection, just single-click this icon to get to the web.

If your connection uses a telephone modem, please see pages 130131 for details about connecting.

If you're not connected at all or if you have no idea how you are connected, please see the previous chapter.