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Internet Word Search

The internet grew out of ARPANET, a research network that linked four American universities in 1969. The first website appeared at CERN in 1991 and was a plain page of text explaining what the World Wide Web was for. Everything since, from video calls to grocery orders, rests on the same habit of one computer asking another for a file.

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Find these 15 words

15 words, adds diagonals

  • bookmark
  • broadband
  • browser
  • domain name
  • download
  • email
  • link
  • password
  • router
  • search
  • streaming
  • upload
  • web page
  • website
  • wifi

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Words in the Internet word search

Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.

email
Messages sent between addresses across the internet.
website
Group of related pages kept under one address.
browser
Program that fetches and displays web pages.
wifi
Wireless link from a device to a local network.
link
Clickable text or image that opens another page.
search
Looking for pages by typing words into a box.
password
Private key phrase protecting an online account.
download
Receiving a file from a server onto your device.
upload
Sending a file from your device to a server.
router
Box that directs traffic between your devices and the internet.
web page
Single document viewed inside a web browser.
bookmark
Saved address so you can return to a page.
streaming
Playing video or music as it arrives, without downloading first.
domain name
Readable address of a site, such as example dot com.
broadband
Fast, always on connection to the internet.
server
Computer that stores pages and sends them on request.
home page
Opening page of a site, or your browser's start page.
network
Connected machines that share data and services.
firewall
Barrier that blocks unwanted traffic from reaching a network.
podcast
Audio series you can stream or download in episodes.

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