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Q. What is an Internet Address?

A. Every piece of information on the Internet has it's own address.
     Addresses defining the location of a computer connected to the
     Internet or a file on a computer connected to the Internet.
     Generaly there are several types of Internet addresses: URL,
     e-mail, newsgroup.

     URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) are the addresses used to
     identify Internet sites (like Web sites for example). If you
     know the URL , you can type in the URL in the "Address" box
     in Microsoft Internet Explorer or the "Location" box in Netscape
     Navigator and press ENTER.

     Examples of URLs are:

     http://www.cpol.com
     ftp://ftp.cpol.com

     E-mail addresses used when you want to send mail to somebody.
     E-mail addresses look like this: support@cpol.com (person@computer)

     Newsgroup addresses are the names of different newsgroups , for example:
     alt.sports
     comp.security.unix

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