The Internet for Dummies

by Levine, John R.; Baroudi, Carol; Young, Margaret Levine

• ISBN13: 9780764506741
• ISBN10: 0764506749
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

ISPs. URLs. DSL. If you2re new to the Internet, all that technobabble can be confusing. Relax! With the friendly advice and plain-English explanations in this bestselling guide, you2ll soon be swapping e-mails, sending instant messages, surfing the Web, managing your money online ... and maybe even creating your own personal Web page!

Author Biography

John R. Levine, Carol Baroudi, and Margaret Levine Young are veteran Internet experts who have written many other books to help new PC users

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(7)
Part I: Welcome to the Internet	7	(36)
What Is the Net? What Is the Web?	9	(14)
The Internet at Home, at Work, at School, at Play	23	(8)
The Net, Your Kids, and You	31	(12)
Part II: Internet, Here I Come!	43	(38)
Picking Your Internet Service	45	(18)
Online and On Your Way	63	(18)
Part III: Web Mania	81	(84)
Welcome to the Wild, Wonderful, Wacky Web	83	(16)
Wrangling with the Web	99	(18)
Needles and Haystacks: Finding Stuff on the Net	117	(22)
More Shopping, Less Dropping	139	(14)
My First Home Page	153	(12)
Part IV: Essential Internet	165	(124)
Mailing Hither, Mailing Thither	167	(22)
Putting Your Mail in Its Place	189	(16)
Mail, Mail, the Gang's All Here	205	(14)
Instant Messages, for When a Minute Just Isn't Soon Enough	219	(10)
Let's Get Together and Chat	229	(22)
Swiping Files from the Net	251	(22)
AOL: Can Twenty Million Users Really Be Wrong?	273	(12)
Tuning In with WebTV	285	(4)
Part V: The Part of Tens	289	(42)
Ten Frequently Asked Questions	291	(8)
Ten Types of Files and What to Do with Them	299	(10)
Ten Ways to Find E-Mail Addresses	309	(12)
Ten Ways to Avoid Looking Like a Klutz	321	(10)
Glossary	331	(10)
Index	341