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Exploring Your Options
An overview of using the Internet
Toshiba's online resources
Toshiba maintains a number of online sites to which you can
connect. These sites can provide information about Toshiba
products, give help with technical questions, and keep you up
to date with future upgrades. For more information, see
"Contacting Toshiba" on page
An overview of using the Internet
The following sections give a quick introduction to the
Internet and some of its exciting features, such as:
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The Internet
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The World Wide Web
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Internet Service Providers
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Connecting to the Internet
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Surfing the Internet
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Internet features
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Uploading and downloading files from the Internet
The Internet
The Internet is an association of thousands of networks and
millions of computers around the world connected by
communications lines. They all work together to share
information.
The World Wide Web
The World Wide Web (or "Web") is a subset of the Internet—
a collection of interlinked documents (located on computers
connected to the Internet) that work together using a specific
Internet protocol called Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
The World Wide Web offers information as text, images,
audio, or video to be referenced from anywhere in the world.
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