• How do I find things on the internet?
  • What entertainment is available on the internet?
  • How do I download music / a film / a game?
  • What is an MP3?
  • Where can I find information about holidays?
  • How do I shop online?
  • How can the internet help my child’s education?
  • How do I stop my child looking at unsuitable websites?
  • Where can I find local area information?
  • What is a website?
  • What is a search engine?
  • What is a good news source?
  • How can I communicate with my friends?
  • What is a web cam?
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WHAT IS A SEARCH ENGINE?
Used to find information on the internet. It is a program (or a whole website) that searches for specific words or topics (selected by you, the user) on other websites and then returns a list of the websites where the words were found. These are catalogued to make it convenient for you to then look through them for the information that you seeking.
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