Toshiba SATELLITE A60 - Manual (Page 143)

143 Exploring Your Options
An overview of using the Internet
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Internet features
The Internet offers many types of communication tools to
help you perform many tasks.
❖ Internet email
To send and receive your own email, you need a mailbox on
the Web or an email address.
If you have an account with an ISP, you can probably set up
an email address at the same time you sign up for the service.
❖ Internet chat rooms
A chat room is a Web site that offers a place where people
with similar interests and ideas communicate in real-time,
one-on-one or in groups, by typing messages which are
instantly viewed by others on their computer screens.
❖ Internet news groups
A news group is similar to a chat room, but instead of using a
dedicated site to converse about a specialized subject with
others in real-time, it uses a Web site as a clearinghouse where
all the messages are placed, like a gigantic bulletin board.
❖ Online shopping
Many Web sites offer products and services for sale.
Uploading and downloading files from the Internet
Transferring files from one computer to another is termed
uploading (transferring data from your computer to a site on
the Web), or downloading (transferring data from a site on the
Web to your computer).
There are several ways to upload or download data. It can be
as simple as attaching a file or document to an email, or you
can use the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) features of your Web
browser to transfer large amounts of data.