People find information and share it with others on the Internet by means of addresses (sort of like postal addresses when you mail a letter). Any piece of information which can be found on the Internet has an address.

Addresses are used to define the location of a computer connected to the Internet, or a file or piece of information on a computer connected to the Internet. Generally speaking, there are several types of addresses: e-mail, URL, and newsgroup.

E-mail addresses look like this: s.omeone@some.where. You need an e-mail address in order to send and receive e-mail.

URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) are the addresses used to identify various types of Internet sites including Web sites. The address or URL of the site you are currently connected to is listed in the Location or Address box near the top of your browser window. URLs start with http, https, ftp, or gopher. If you know the Internet address, you can type it in the Location or address box at the top of your browser window and press Enter/Return.

Examples of URLs are:

http://www.whataweb.site
ftp://getafile
gopher://come.and.findme

Newsgroup addresses are used to identify newsgroups. Examples of newsgroup addresses are:

rec.music.folk
alt.pets.hamsters
rec.sport.golf

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