Internet book : everything you need to know about computer networking & how the internet works. 3° Ed 2000

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For use as a primary text for courses on using the Internet or as a supplement for computer literacy courses that cover networking or the Internet.
Doug Comers, The Internet Book, Third Edition utilizes a non-technical perspective to explain the technology of how computers communicate, what the Internet is, how the Internet works, and what the Internet can do for people. This book works to fully connect students to the big picture by presenting a solid overview of networking and the Internet, rather than burying them with details. Comer assumes no prior background in computer networking or the Internet.
1. The Internet Has Arrived.
2. Getting Started: Hands-On Experience.

I. INTRODUCTION TO NETWORKING.

3. Telephones Everywhere.
4. The World Was Once Analog.
5. The Once And Future Digital Network.
6. Basic Communication.
7. The Local Area Network Arrives.

II. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE INTERNET.

8. Internet: The Early Years.
9. Two Decades Of Incredible Growth.
10. The Global Internet.
11. A Global Information Infrastructure.

III. HOW THE INTERNET WORKS.

12. Packet Switching.
13. Internet: A Network Of Networks.
14. ISPs and Network Connections.
15. IP: Software to Create A Virtual Network.
16. TCP: Software For Reliable Communication.
17. Clients + Servers = Distributed Computing.
18. Names For Computers.
19. Why the Internet Works Well.

IV. SERVICES AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET.

20. Electronic Mail.
21. Bulletin Board Service (Network News).
22. Browsing The World Wide Web.
23. World Wide Web Documents (HTML).
24. Advanced Web Technologies (Forms, Frames, Plugins, CGI, Java, JavaScript).
25. Automated Web Search (Search Engines).
26. Audio and Video Communication.
27. Faxes and Files (FTP).
28. Remote Login And Remote Desktops (TELNET).
29. Facilities For Secure Communication.
30. Electronic Commerce And Business.
31. The Global Digital Library.
Appendices.
Index.
  • NEW - Updated throughout - Addresses topics like shopping carts, cookies, personalized web search results, Internet faxes, remote desktop technology and streaming audio and video, teaches readers about the most recent advances in Internet technology and capabilities.
  • NEW -Chapter 30: Electronic Commerce, teaches how the Internet can be used to conduct business and commercial transactions, including the relationship of security to commercial transactions.
  • NEW - Chapter 29: Security, discusses recent security and encryption technologies that make Internet communication secure, including a discussion of why security is needed and how the technologies are used to solve specific security problems.
  • NEW - Chapter 14: Network Connections, describes the latest, high-speed techno