Writers
Getting Connected leads you through the process of establishing an Internet presence. It
focuses on high-speed dedicated connections, and draws from many people's experience
setting up Internet connections for business and industry. It explains the technologies and
acronyms, telling you what you need to know to get the job done. It covers technologies
ranging from old workhorses, like 56K leased lines, to the newest arrivals, like ATM.
Getting Connected discusses evaluating your needs and your provider's capabilities;
understanding the communications infrastructure; data link protocols, including PPP,
Frame Relay, X.25, HDLC, ATM, and SMDS; physical connection types, including 56K
leased line, T1, T3, ISDN, and SONET; router configuration; Internet security, including
firewalls and proxy servers; configuration of DNS, mail, WWW, news, and FTP servers;
and extending Internet services to desktop PCs and Macintoshes.
Internet in a Nutshell is a quick-moving guide to the Internet that goes
beyond the "hype" and right to the heart of the matter: how to get the
Internet to work for you. This is a second generation Internet book for
readers who have already taken a spin around the Internet and now want to
learn the shortcuts. This is the Internet book for readers who don't think they
need a book to use the Internet. The book includes tips and reference for
Netscape Communicator 4.01 and Internet Explorer 3.02; a "living glossary"
to the Internet, which is a fast-moving introduction for the impatient; a
quick-reference on browsing the Web, reading email, and news; comparisons
of the strengths of each of the most popular search engines and other unique
services provided on the Internet; detailed coverage of transferring files over
the Internet using your browser, FTP, or email; and coverage of web
authoring, with topics ranging from basic HTML to creating animated GIFs
and using JavaScript.
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Booknews
A quick-moving guide for those who have taken a spin around the Internet
and now want to learn the shortcuts. Covers Netscape Communicator 4.01,
Internet Explorer 3.02, e-mail, newsgroups, file transfer protocol (FTP),
helper applications, and web authoring. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc.,
Portland, Or.
The Internet of today bears little resemblance to the Internet of 1992, the
year we first published The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog. In
1992, using email was challenging, Usenet newsgroups were among the
more interesting online offerings, and the people using such offerings
numbered in the thousands. No one even imagined the World Wide Web
craze that would follow. The Web was only in the beginning stages of
development.
During that time, The Whole Internet played an important role in bringing
tens of millions of people online. It told everyone how to send mail, read
news, and download files, and helped them find some of the more useful
information resources available on the Net.
But, today, the Internet is no longer such a fine and private place. Netscape
Navigator, Microsoft's Internet Explorer, and Qualcomm's Eudora have
made it much easier to access and navigate. You know how to follow a link,
search for a web site, and compose an email message. However, a whole
new set of challenges await that didn't exist five years ago. How do you
avoid junk email? Can you shop online without getting ripped off? How do
you play Quake without the lag, or find a Scrabble partner at three in the
morning? And how do you keep your five-year-old from doing the same
things?
These are some of the questions that The Whole Internet: The Next
Generation attempts to answer. It's a guide for the Internet user with
attitude: the user who already knows the basics and wants to take the next
step. Or the user who struggles in a sea of information and needs to channel
the information deluge. We show you how to minimize junk email, master
your mailing lists, and customize your mailer for maximum efficiency. We
show you how to play virtually any online game with a minimum of delay
or disturbance. We show you what services are worth paying for, and how
to buy and sell on the net. We show you how to protect your own privacy,
and the privacy of your children. And we devote a chapter to the newest
Internet applications: "push" technologies, conferencing tools, and tools for
receiving audio and video broadcasts that turn your computer into a
telephone, television, or movie screen. Our popular and groundbreaking
Internet resource catalog is still here, and still better than the rest. Unlike
many other lists of Internet resources, we include only those sites that we
consider the best on each topic. You'll find a broad range of resources that
focus on the most interesting and useful aspects of the topic. And you'll
learn which resources the rich and famous find interesting, people like Penn
& Teller, Lynda "Wonder Woman" Carter, and Rodney Dangerfield.
Once The Whole Internet showed you how to work with the Internet.
Now The Whole Internet: The Next Generation shows you how to make
the Net work for you.
Synopsis
The Internet of today bears little resemblance to the Internet of 1992, the
year we first published The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog. In
1992, using email was challenging, Usenet newsgroups were among the
more interesting online offerings, and the people using such offerings
numbered in the thousands. No one even imagined the World Wide Web
craze that would follow. The Web was only in the beginning stages of
development.
During that time, The Whole Internet played an important role in bringing
tens of millions of people online. It told everyone how to send mail, read
news, and download files, and helped them find some of the more useful
information resources available on the Net.
But, today, the Internet is no longer such a fine and private place. Netscape
Navigator, Microsoft's Internet Explorer, and Qualcomm's Eudora have
made it much easier to access and navigate. You know how to follow a link,
search for a web site, and compose an email message. However, a whole
new set of challenges await that didn't exist five years ago. How do you
avoid junk email? Can you shop online without getting ripped off? How do
you play Quake without the lag, or find a Scrabble partner at three in the
morning? And how do you keep your five-year-old from doing the same
things?
These are some of the questions that The Whole Internet: The Next
Generation attempts to answer. It's a guide for the Internet user with
attitude: the user who already knows the basics and wants to take the next
step. Or the user who struggles in a sea of information and needs to channel
the information deluge. We show you how to minimize junk email, master
your mailing lists, and customize your mailer for maximum efficiency. We
show you how to play virtually any online game with a minimum of delay
or disturbance. We show you what services are worth paying for, and how
to buy and sell on the net. We show you how to protect your own privacy,
and the privacy of your children. And we devote a chapter to the newest
Internet applications: "push" technologies, conferencing tools, and tools for
receiving audio and video broadcasts that turn your computer into a
telephone, television, or movie screen.
Our popular and groundbreaking Internet resource catalog is still here, and
still better than the rest. Unlike many other lists of Internet resources, we
include only those sites that we consider the best on each topic. You'll find
a broad range of resources that focus on the most interesting and useful
aspects of the topic. And you'll learn which resources the rich and famous
find interesting, people like Penn & Teller, Lynda "Wonder Woman" Carter,
and Rodney Dangerfield.
Once The Whole Internet showed you how to work with the Internet.
Now The Whole Internet: The Next Generation shows you how to make
the Net work for you.
From The Critics
Booknews
Explains how to deal with everyday problems on the Internet such as
unsolicited e-mail and security alerts, and tells how to take advantage of
new services on the Web, like buying and selling goods, trading stock, and
playing games. Others areas covered include downloading and installing
files, creating Web pages, banking, and esoteric and emerging technologies.
A 60-page resource catalog describes a wide range of sites, plus celebrities'
favorite sites. There is also a section on commercial and financial resources.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)