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page created 6.1.04
One of the most popular aspects of the Internet and World Wide
Web is being able to download software, software updates, patches,
mp3 files, mpeg files and more. Downloading is extremely easy to
do, usually all it requires is to click the download link. If this
doesn't work then in,
- Internet Explorer - right click on the link, select "Save
Target As", and then save the file to your download folder.
- Netscape/Mozilla - Holding the shift key while clicking on the
link, which should bring up a separate download window, and then
save the file.
The above image shows the menu which appears when right clicking
a hyperlink. The 'Save Target As' is the selection needed for saving
data files like mp3. For downloading pictures you need to select
the option highlighted above.
When you download software files you may find they are decompressed
so the file is smaller and the download quicker. You will therefore
need a decompressing software packages such as Winzip.
The most common compressed files are those with extensions like
.ZIP, .SIT and .TAR. Programs like winzip will beable to de-compress
all of these file types. The most common graphics file formats on
the Web are those with the extensions .jpg and .gif. For video,
popular extensions are .AVI and .RAM for the PC, .MPG (short for
MPEG). Popular audio file formats include .MP3 for both Mac and
PC and .WMA for the PC.
Some other popular file types include,
- .doc - formatted text files.
- .pdf - Portable Document Format, format developed by Adobe Systems.
- .bin - A Mac binary II Encoded File.
- .exe - this is an executable file.
- .gz/gzip - the GNU Project's compression program.
- .sea - A Macintosh self-extracting archive file.
Useful download sites,
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