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JSS3: COMPUTER STUDIES - 1ST TERM

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  1. Computer Career Opportunities | Week 1
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  2. Computer Viruses I | Week 2
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  3. Computer Viruses II | Week 3
    7 Topics
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    1 Quiz
  4. Introduction To The Internet | Week 4
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    1 Quiz
  5. Internet Terminologies | Week 5
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  6. The Concept of Digital Divide | Week 6
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  7. Database Concept, Definition And Terminologies | Week 7
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  8. Database II | Week 8
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    1 Quiz
  9. Database III | Week 9
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Topic Content:

  • List of Search Engines and their Websites
  • Search Engine Terms
  • Specific Uses of Search Engines
  • Steps In Using a Search Engine

A search engine employs a computer program to access websites and retrieve information. Each search engine is owned by a single entity like a person or a company. A web search engine is designed to search for information on the world wide web (www). The search results may consist of web pages, images, and other types of files.

Examples are Alta Vista, Yahoo, Google, Excite, Mama, Magellan, Lycos, Infoseek, MSN, etc.

List of Search Engines and their Websites:

Search EngineWebsite
Google      www.google.com
Yahoo www.yahoo.com
Hotmail   www.hotmail.com
Binghttps://www.bing.com/
AOL searchwww.aol.com
Mama  www.mama.com
Ask      www.ask.com
MSN live searchwww.msn.com
Hotbot   www.hotbot.com
Ilor     www.ilor.com
Excite      www.excite.com
Alta vista  www.altavista.com
Infoseekhttp://www.infoseek.com
Northernlight    www.northernlight.com
Savvy search       www.savvysearch.com

Search Engine Terms:

1. Search query: Also known as ‘user search string’, this is the word or set of words that are typed by the user in the search bar of the search engine.

 

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