The internet complete reference
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The internet complete reference
Osborne McGraw-Hill, c1994
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Includes index
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Description
This book provides a thorough introduction and user guide to the Internet. Readers learn about the Internet's services, accessing, addressing and electronic mail. The book also details Usernet News, games and Archie servers. The Internet mailing lists and bulletin board services are also covered. The first chapters introduce readers to the Internet, and how to connect with the network. Subsequent chapters disucss sending and receiving mail, connecting to remote systems, and finding someone on the Internet. The next chapters describe Usenet News, games, transferring files and using archie servers to find software and data. The balence of the book covers Wais servers, accessing hypertext data and bulletin board services.
Table of Contents
- What is the Internet?
- how to connect to the Internet
- Internet addressing
- sending and receiving mail
- connecting to remote systems
- how to tranck down someone on the Internet
- the Usenet news
- reading the Usenet news
- Internet diversions and games
- talking with someone over the Internet
- trnasferring files using ftp
- anaoymous ftp
- using Archie servers to find software and data
- file types used on the Internet
- the gopher and veronica
- Wais servers = accessing indexed databases
- the world wide Webb - accessing Hypertext data
- electronic magazines and journals
- Internet mailing lists
- connections between the Internet and other networks
- connecting to bulletin board services (BBSs).
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