| Introduction: How to Use This Book |
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| Conventions Used in This Book |
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| Feedback Please |
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| Part 1: Getting to Know the Internet |
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What's So Great about the Internet? |
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What Services Does the Internet Provide? |
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Will the Internet Take a Lot of My Time? |
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| Part II: Getting Started |
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Buying a Computer for Internet Access |
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This year's model vs. last year's model |
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Memory, hard disk, moniter, printer, and backup |
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Gearing Up the Computer You Already Own |
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Should I upgrade my Computer? |
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I have a PC; should I upgrade to Windows 95? |
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I have a Mac; should I upgrade to Open Transport? |
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What should I do with my old computer? |
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Getting Online without Much Money |
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What do the lights on my modem mean? |
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Selecting an Internet Service Provider |
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Value-added online services |
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Internet service providers |
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| Part III: Electronic Mail |
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Notification of arriving mail |
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Accounts on Online Services |
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URLs vs. e-mail addresses |
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Using America Online (AOL) |
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Using Eudora (Windows and Mac) |
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Using Microsoft Exchange and MSN (Windows 95) |
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Getting and reading incoming mail |
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Saving messages in folders |
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Setting up Netscape for e-mail |
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Getting and reading incoming mail |
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Saving messages in folders |
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Saving messages to a file |
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| Part IV: Usenet Newsgroups |
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Frequently Asked Questions |
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Posting Your First Article |
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Reading News with America Online |
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Starting the AOL newsreader |
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Reading a newsgroup that's not on the list |
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Subscribing to newsgroups |
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Unsubscribing to newsgroups |
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Deleting uninteresting articles |
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Replying to articles by e-mail |
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Posting a follow-up article |
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Reading News with CompuServe |
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Starting the CompuServr newsreader |
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Reading a newsgroup that's not on the list |
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Subscribing to newsgroups |
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Unsubscribing to newsgroups |
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Deleting uninteresting articles |
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Reading News with Internet Explorer for Windows and Internet News |
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Configuring Internet News |
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Getting in and out of the Internet News window |
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Subscribing to a newsgroup that doesn't appear on your list |
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Unsubscribing to newsgroups |
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Replying to articles by e-mail |
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Posting a follow-up article |
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Reading News with Internet Explorer 3.0 for Macintosh |
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Getting in and out of Internet Explorer's Newsgroups window |
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Subscribing and unsubscribing to newsgroups |
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Replying to articles by e-mail |
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Posting a follow-up article |
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Reading Newsgroups with Netscape |
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Configuring Netscape to read the news |
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Getting in and out of Netscape's news window |
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Subscribing and unsubscribing to newsgroups |
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Replying to articles by e-mail |
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Posting a follow-up article |
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Reading News with trn (UNIX Systems) |
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Starting the trn newsreader |
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Unsubscribing to a newsgroup |
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Selecting the threads you want to read |
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Posting a follow-up article |
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Replying to articles by e-mail |
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Reading News with Free Agent |
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Subscribing and unsubscribing to newsgroups |
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Replying to articles by e-mail |
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Posting a follow-up article |
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Starting Your Own Newsgroup |
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| Part V: Mailing Lists |
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Addresses Used with Mailing Lists |
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96 | (1) |
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Getting On and Off a Mailing List |
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Lists maintained Manually |
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Lists maintained automatically |
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Open and Closed Mailing Lists |
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Receiving Mailing List Messages |
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Sending Messages to a Mailing List |
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Special Requests to Mailing Lists |
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Starting Your Own Mailing List |
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| Part VI: The World Wide Web |
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Finding Your Way around the Web |
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Buying filtering software |
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Using an online service with built-in filtering |
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Plug-Ins, Helper Programs, and ActiveX Controls |
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107 | (2) |
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StuffIt Expander and DropStuff with Expander Enhancer |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (1) |
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Privacy, Security, and Cookies |
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109 | (2) |
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110 | (1) |
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Problems and Error Messages |
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Displying a page takes too long |
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Error message: "The server does not have a DNS entry" |
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Error message: "www.bigsite.com has refused your connection" or "Broken pipe" |
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Error message: "404 File Not Found" |
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My browser keeps crashing |
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Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) |
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113 | (2) |
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Using AOL to Browse the Web |
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Following a hypertext link |
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116 | (1) |
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Using Internet Explorer to Browse the Web |
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Running Internet Explorer |
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117 | (1) |
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Following a hypertext link |
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118 | (1) |
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Using Lynx to Browes the Web |
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119 | (2) |
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Using Netscaspe Navigator to Browse the Web |
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121 | (4) |
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Following a hypertext link |
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122 | (1) |
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122 | (1) |
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Go back where you came from |
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| Part VII: Finding Information on the Internet |
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126 | (1) |
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Indexers and Search Engines |
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127 | (3) |
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Keys to effective searching |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (1) |
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Information about Towns, States, and Countries |
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131 | (1) |
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Regional Information Providers |
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131 | (1) |
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131 | (1) |
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131 | (1) |
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132 | (1) |
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Shareware and Freeware Software |
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133 | (1) |
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The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software (TUCOWS) |
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Uncompressing and Decoding Retrieved Files |
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135 | (1) |
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| Part VIII: Online Communication |
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Following the conversation |
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141 | (1) |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (1) |
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Chat abbreviations and emoticons |
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144 | (1) |
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Dealing with disruptive chatters |
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144 | (1) |
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Chatting on America Online (AOL) |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (1) |
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CompuServe Chat (CB Simulator) |
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150 | (2) |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (1) |
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152 | (1) |
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152 | (1) |
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Internet Relay Chat (IRC) |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (1) |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (1) |
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156 | (1) |
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Listing available channels |
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156 | (1) |
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Holding a private conversation |
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158 | (1) |
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Starting your own channel |
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158 | (1) |
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| Part IX: Advanced Topics |
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Encryption and Internet Security |
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166 | (5) |
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Cryptography and Public Keys |
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166 | (2) |
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Should I give out my credit card number over the Internet? |
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168 | (1) |
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Government key access and key escrow |
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168 | (1) |
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Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer |
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169 | (1) |
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Passwords and pass phrases |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (1) |
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Public key infrastructure |
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170 | (1) |
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Java and Network Computers |
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171 | (1) |
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172 | (1) |
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172 | (1) |
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Creating Your Own Web Home Page |
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Why you would want your own home page? |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (3) |
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177 | (1) |
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Creating a home page on America Online |
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178 | (1) |
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Creating a home page on CompuServe |
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178 | (1) |
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| Part X: Classic Internet |
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181 | (4) |
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182 | (1) |
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182 | (1) |
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Navigating files and directories |
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182 | (1) |
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183 | (1) |
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Using telnet from a WinSock or MacTCP program |
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183 | (1) |
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Connecting to remote computers |
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183 | (1) |
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Disconnecting from remote computers |
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184 | (1) |
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Using Gopher to Cruise Gopherspace |
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184 | (1) |
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184 | (1) |
| Appendix: Internet Country Codes |
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185 | (8) |
| Glossary: Techie Talk |
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193 | (10) |
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