Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
A Free Education
Do you know someone who would like to be better educated but doesn't have the money to spend on higher educa-
tion? Direct her to Open Yale, a service of Yale University, at
http://oyc.yale.edu
. To quote from its website:
“Open Yale offers free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and
scholars at Yale University. The aim of the project is to expand access to educational materials for all who wish to
learn. All lectures were recorded in the Yale College classroom and are available in video, audio, and text transcript
formats. Registration is not required.” This program does not issue any credit, degree, or certificate.
Communication Software
Communication software provides various ways of communicating with
other people, usually via the Internet.
An
email application
helps you send and receive email messages. You
might choose a stand-alone application like Eudora, a combination email
and PIM application like Outlook, or an online web-based service like
Outlook.com or Gmail.
email application
Software that assists in
sending and receiving email.
Most operating systems come with a web browser application, but you
can also download and install others, most of them for free. Popular
browsers include Internet Explorer (which comes with Windows),
Google Chrome (which comes with the Chrome OS), Safari (which
comes with Mac OS X and iOS), Opera, and Firefox. Figure 6.13 shows
the Google Chrome browser.
