The Internet from A to Z

by Cowpertwait, John; Flynn, Simon

• ISBN13: 9781840463552
• ISBN10: 1840463554
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Icon Books

Summary

A pocket-sized introduction to and dictionary of the baffling jargon of the Net.

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: moderns, ISDN, ASDL, cable and satellite	32	(4)
How to get online	36	(4)
ISP listing	40	(3)
How is the Internet Structured?	43	(64)
The World Wide Web	43	(5)
Website design	48	(4)
The browser	52	(7)
Browsing offline	59	(1)
Saving Webpages permanently	60	(2)
Plug-ins and ActiveX controls	62	(1)
Tailoring your own Web use	63	(3)
Moving around the Web: hypertext linking	66	(1)
Restricting access to the Net	67	(7)
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	(27)
Search tools	107	(14)
Portal and hub sites	121	(1)
Specialist search sites	122	(1)
Searching	123	(11)
Using the Internet	134	(39)
What can I use the Internet for?	134	(2)
Shopping on the Net	136	(4)
Finding retail Websites	140	(8)
Broadcasting and the Internet	148	(8)
Music	156	(5)
Radio stations	161	(1)
Media players	162	(4)
Webcams	166	(1)
MIDI	166	(1)
Mobile connections	167	(1)
Stocks and shares	168	(3)
Voice communication and Internet telephony	171	(2)
The Internet from A to Z Website Directory	173	(22)
Arts and culture	173	(2)
Astrology	175	(1)
Country Information	175	(1)
Education, reference and research	175	(1)
Environmental issues and world concerns	176	(3)
Film	179	(1)
Financial services	179	(1)
Food and drink	180	(1)
Gardens and gardening	181	(1)
Genealogy	182	(1)
Government and politics	182	(1)
Health and medical	183	(1)
History and archaeology	184	(1)
Humour, weird and bizarre	184	(1)
Kids	185	(1)
Nature	185	(1)
News	185	(1)
People finding	186	(1)
Property	186	(1)
Recruitment and employment	187	(1)
Science and space	187	(1)
Silver surfers, seniors, over 50s	187	(1)
Social services and local information	188	(1)
Software	189	(1)
Sport	190	(1)
Transport	191	(2)
Travel	193	(1)
Web stuff	194	(1)
Women	194	(1)
PART TWO	195	(262)
Internet Dictionary	196	(261)
Appendices	457	(22)
Shorthand	457	(4)
Emoticons (aka Smileys)	461	(4)
Error messages	465	(4)
File extensions	469	(4)
Newsgroups	473	(2)
Internet country codes	475	(4)
Index	479