Binding: Paperback
Format: Bargain Price
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 324
Publication Date: January 02, 2002
Sales Rank: 657410
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Rating:  - Hard to rate - it depends on the audience
Obviously if you are just learning about the Internet, your first choice is not going to be Tanenbaum's classic "Computer Networks". Likewise, if you are a network security professional, this book won't help you either. This book is basically a picture book with very easy to swallow pieces of accessible text between pictures. It is meant to acquaint the complete novice with the basics of the Internet. By basics I mean defining terms, what it means to connect to the Internet, and interacting with ... Read More
Rating:  - Surprisingly Helpful
I've been involved in writing web pages, setting up web/mail/ftp servers for about a dozen years. I was working on a problem with a fellow and had to admit that there was a point I didn't understand. He reached up and pulled down this book and opened it to the section on security - Part 9 : Protecting Yourself on the Internet. Here in a very few pages the Governments Carnivore (FBI) and Echelon (NSA) programs were discussed. There wasn't much on the details, but it explains what the Government is ... Read More
Rating: - Practical staring point for inspiring Webmasters
All the facts you'll need about the Web, email, service providers, Web browsers and FTP. Topics range from connecting to the Internet, using Mail, Instant Messages (Chats), News Groups, File Transfer (FTP), and shopping from the Net. Written in a brief but informative style, at under $20.00 you'll find a wealth of information to help you. Keep this book on your desk and refer to it often for "practical" solutions to internet problems.
Rating:  - bare bones basics
I highly recomend this book for 4 year olds and 80 year olds. This book addresses concepts only and then at the most simplistic of levels. I am not technical and was not looking for a book targeted to programmers. I simply wanted a book that would provide a modicum of information to satisfy a curious mind and give some substantive explanations as to how the internet works. This taught me nothing and is falsey advertised.
Rating: - Great overview of the internet and related technologies
Simple, easy top read, give lots of indepth info for the non-techie and answers to all the questions you've wanted to ask.
Great starter book on the internet for someone who wants to understand better everything from digital media technology to ASPs to how ISPs work.
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