Internet Today!

Internet Today! is, as the name implies, a survey of the components and facilities of the Internet; it is also a guide to its use, including a discussion of some features of the Internet, followed by exercises designed to create competence in both understanding and implementing the features.

Chapters include: Introduction to the Internet and the World Wide Web; Using a Web Browser; The Basics of Electronic Mail and Using Netscape E-mail; Finding Information on the Web; Directories and Searching; Search Strategies for Search Engines; Writing Your Own Web Pages; Telnet, FTP, and Gopher; Legal Issues, Ethical Issues, Privacy and Security.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to the Internet and the World Wide Web, Chapter 2. Using a Web Browser, Chapter 3. The Basics of Electronic Mail and Using Netscape Email, Chapter 4. Finding Information on the Web, Chapter 5. Search Strategies for Search Engines, Chapter 6. Writing Your Own Web Pages, Chapter 7. Telnet, FTP and Gopher, Chapter 8. Social Issues, Legal Issues and Security, Glossary, Index

About the author

Ernest Ackermann, Karen Hartman

Product details

• Assisted by: Ernest Ackermann (Editor), Karen Hartman (Editor), Hartman Karen (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.1999
• EAN: 9781579581947
• ISBN: 978-1-57958-194-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 224 mm x 285 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 1129 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > General, dictionaries; LAW / Computer & Internet, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Legal aspects of IT, COMPUTERS / Social Aspects, Internet Guides & Online Services, Internet guides and online services, COMPUTERS / Internet / Web Services & APIs, Digital and information technologies: Legal aspects