Thursday, October 4, 2012

Computer Assignment :DD


Angela Moy and Ruby Rosenberg :DD
 Googlemaps is a free online site that allows the user to look from a satellite owned by Google at the Earth. This is helpful especially for finding directions which is one of the main uses of Streetview. To use Google Maps, your location and the destination of the user's choosing has to be typed in for the directions to be found. A list of directions will appear which can easily be printed. The directions often include multiple routes, means of arriving at the destination, and time it takes to get there. It's easy software that can be used by anyone looking for a way to get anywhere.
With Wikipedia and Enclopedia Britannica you are able to search and view information that you need or want to find out. You just have to search for what you want to find more information about the topic and you would be able to view the information there. Wikipedia is more open with many different and more variety of topics you can search up since it is a website where anyone can edit and it’s a broader website to find information. Enclopedia Britannica is used more for educational practical information since it has been here for a long time and its an enclopedia being continuously updated by editors. Both of the websites have different languages that you can view if you don’t understand English, giving more people chances of using the website.
The Wayback Machine is a website designed to enable you to view older archived versions of websites across time. The way you use it is by typing in the website you want to see an older version of and selecting the year you want to view. You can then choose which month you want to view and there will be snapshots of the website at the time. There you will be able to see what the website looked like before and how it is different from the current website. With this website you can go back in time and see the history of a certain website and see the changes in it throughout the year.

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