Rating:  - CompuLatina Online - Excelente libro para todos los niveles
How the Internet Works (How It Works) por Preston Gralla, es sin duda una excelente guía de información para todos aquellos que desean expandir sus conocimientos acerca del inmenso mundo de Internet. Con este libro lleno de ilustraciones a todo color, se hace muy fácil asimilar el conocimiento acerca de como viaja la información de computador a computador a través de Internet. También explica de manera detallada el procedimiento de la misteriosa comunicación TCP/IP. Quizás una de las partes más interesantes de este libro sea la tercera sección, donde describe de manera fácil el proceso de conexión a nuestro propio servidor de Internet, el funcionamiento de líneas ISDN para conexiones de alta velocidad y la manera en que trabaja Web TV. Por último, cabe mencionar que incluye un capitulo acerca de como es que trabaja el proceso de correo electrónico (e-mail), salas de charlas, (chat rooms) y grupos de noticias (newsgroups). En general,"How the Internet Works " es una excelente publicación. Te la recomendamos!!
Rating:  - Interesting but headache-causing graphics all over the place
Overall this is a great introductory book to the Internet, amazing in its thoroughness. The introductions to the chapters tend to get repetitious and wordy, but they are informative and enjoyable. The illustrations, however, are remarkably tough to follow, with numbers flying here and there and the same PC/server diagrams on every page. Also, I am amazed an Internet intro book does not have a glossary...
Rating: - A long time coming!!!
Best book I have read in some time! Should be required reading for every prospective parent. This wonderfull,intelligent beautiful young woman is my new hero!!! I could not think of a better role model for my two young daughters. How appropriate this book was written by a woman of her age and background. She only confirms to me what I have known for so long now. The "60's" was and continues to be the most monumental failure known to man. The sooner we stop the social experimentation and engineering the better we all will be for it. Eagerly await her next work whatever the subject may be.
Rating:  - very elementary and superficial
This book has glitzy graphics. Reading it, I was not sure where it was headed. Nowhere in particular, it turned out. Each "chapter" has a page or two-long introduction followed by a couple of pages of illustrations breaking down the various aspects mentioned in the introduction. Could be a useful book for learning the jargon of the internet but nothing more. I was hoping for the nuts and bolts description, but most of it was superficial. Maybe a decent introductory book for someone who has just discovered the "net".
Rating: - Fantastic!
This book gets right to work answering your questions about the internet from the first page on. Stunning graphics make the information very accessible and easy to comprehend.
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