Graphic web design - Downloading and UploadingOne thing people do a lot
Downloading and UploadingOne thing people do a lot of on the Internet is downloadstuff. The term downloadmeans to copy something from some other computer to your own computer. The term uploadmeans the opposite: to copy something from your computerto some other computer on the Internet. To upload, you need to have somesort of space on the Internet to which you can copy files. (More on that later part of the book.) For now, it s sufficient to know the difference betweendownloading and uploading. If you envision the Internet as a cloud, it s easy to keep the terms straight. Downloadmeans to copy something down from the cloud onto your com- puter. Uploadmeans to copy something from your computer up to thecloud. Getting an Internet AccountMost people who buy a computer just sort of stumble into their first Internetaccount by double-clicking some icon on their screen. AOL and MSN sell lotsof Internet accounts through that method. If you want to be more choosey, youneed to do a little homework. If you look up Internet Service Provider in yourlocal yellow pages, you ll probably find you have lots of companies andaccount types from which to choose. For broadband accounts, many people go through their local phone company. That way, the charges just get added to the phone bill, and you don t have anextra monthly bill to pay. Or, if you already have cable TV, you can probablyget a fast cable account through your cable provider. Again, they ll tack theadditional charges onto your cable bill so you don t have another monthly irritant to contend with. Although some tools in Windows XP are designed to help you set up an Internetaccount, the truth is that people rarely need them or use them. The typicalscenario is more like this: You choose an Internet Service Provider, and you set up an account with them; then one of three things happens: .Your ISP comes to your house and sets everything up for you (that sideal). .Your ISP sends you some sort of instructions, and you follow thoseinstructions to set up your account. .Your ISP sends you some program that you run on your computer, and the program sets up your account. Because hundreds of ISPs are available, and they don t all follow a standard set of rules, I can t give you any more details than those, other than to tell youthat your ISP is motivated to make setting up your account as easy as possible, because they d rather not pay a whole staff of people to sit on the phone linesand talk their customers through the set-up procedure.
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