The Internet from A to Z

by Cowpertwait, John; Flynn, Simon

• ISBN13: 9781840462586
• ISBN10: 1840462582
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Icon Books

Summary

A pocket-sized guide to the ever-growing list of Internet jargon. Explains the Internet in simple terms. Previous edition c2001. Softcover.

Table of Contents

PART ONE
The Internet Demystified	9	(4)
Some Notes About Using the Internet from A to Z	13	(4)
The Internet: An Introduction	17	(13)
What is the Internet?	17	(3)
A Short history of the Net	20	(10)
Getting Connected	30	(13)
What equipment do you need to get connected to the Internet?	30	(1)
Operating system	31	(1)
Connecting to the Internet: modems, ISDN, ASDL, cable and satellite	32	(3)
How to get online	35	(6)
ISP listing	41	(2)
How is the Internet Structured?	43	(64)
The World Wide Web	43	(5)
Website design	48	(3)
The browser	51	(7)
Browsing offline	58	(2)
Saving Webpages permanently	60	(1)
Plug-ins and ActiveX controls	61	(2)
Tailoring your own Web use	63	(3)
Moving around the Web: hypertext linking	66	(1)
Restricting access to the Net	66	(8)
How to communicate better: Internet e-mail	74	(2)
About e-mail	76	(6)
e-mail and the spread of viruses	82	(2)
Which type of e-mail should I choose?	84	(8)
Spam, glorious spam	92	(1)
Finding e-mail addresses	93	(1)
e-mail culture	94	(1)
Mailing lists, newsgroups, chat and instant messaging	95	(12)
Searching the Internet	107	(28)
Search tools	107	(14)
Portal and hub sites	121	(2)
Specialist search sites	123	(1)
Searching	124	(11)
Using the Internet	135	(51)
What can I use the Internet for?	135	(2)
Shopping on the Net	137	(4)
Finding retail Websites	141	(8)
Broadcasting over the Internet	149	(8)
Music	157	(5)
Radio stations	162	(1)
Media players	163	(4)
Webcams	167	(1)
MIDI	168	(1)
Other things you can find on the Web	168	(1)
Culture and the arts	168	(1)
Education, research and reference	169	(1)
Environmental issues and world concerns	170	(1)
Financial services	170	(1)
Health	171	(1)
Hobbies, sports, collectors	172	(1)
Silver surfers and kids	173	(1)
Mobile connections	173	(1)
Newspapers, magazines and journals	174	(1)
Politics	175	(1)
Property	175	(1)
Recruitment and employment	176	(1)
Social Services and local information	176	(1)
Software	177	(1)
Stocks and shares	178	(3)
Transport	181	(1)
Travel	182	(1)
Voice communication	183	(3)
PART TWO
Internet Dictionary	186	(269)
Appendices	455	(14)
Shorthand	455	(4)
Emoticons (aka Smileys)	459	(3)
Error messages	462	(3)
File extensions	465	(3)
Newsgroups	468	(1)
Index	469