Connecting Your Home Computer to the Internet

CONNECTING YOUR
HOME COMPUTER TO THE INTERNET

Internet Activity 2
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REQUIRED HARDWARE
Your personal computer dials a phone number via your modem. Answering this phone call is your ISP, or Internet Service Provider, which then connects your personal computer to the Internet.
HOME COMPUTER First you need a personal computer.
MODEM (internal or external) The modem allows the personal computer to connect to the Internet using your phone line.
TELEPHONE LINE Your personal computer connects to the Internet through ordinary phone lines.

REQUIRED SOFTWARE

ISP
(Internet Service Provider)

An ISP provides access to the Internet for a fee.

Browser

Netscape

Software that is used to explore the Web.