Buying a computer
Yeah. We are the computer generation. We definately know heaps more than our parents. I still have to program the video for Mum. But that doesn't mean everyone knows everything there is to know about computers.
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Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is real-time chat where people from around the globe can type messages to one another. You can 'chat' with as many people as your fingers can handle.
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Email
It can take days to send a letter across Australia and weeks to get one around the world. To save time and money, more and more people are using email. Its fast, its easy and much cheaper than Australia Post.
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Signing up
Everyone is talking about the Internet these days - but not everyone is online. If you can't afford to get your own computer at the moment you still have lots of choices on how to get on the net. Some of them are even free.
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Netiquette
Want some tips on the proper way to behave in cyberspace? Well here is some information to help.
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The web
The Web consists of millions or billions of documents that live on millions of computers around the world. They are written in a format that can be read by a 'browser' or a software programme designed especially to read Web documents.
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