Product Description

Everything you need to know about the Internet—most accessibly presented and attractively packaged.

Following an introduction on the huge differences the Internet has made to modern day life, the bulk of the book contains a much-expanded A-Z with several hundred entries that explain the essentials of the Internet - as well as some of its more quirky and inconsequential aspects. Entries include ActiveX , ADSL, Arpanet, B2B, B2C, Backbone, Cookie, Copyleft, Cracker, Cybrarian,, Digerati, Drop-dialling, Emoticon, Encyption, Firewall, Flame, Frame relay, Groupware, HTML, Hypertext, Infomediary, ISDN, Java, Jini, Linkrot, Lurker, Moore's Law, Multicasting, Object oriented, Open source, Packet, PANS, PGP, Ping, Quicktime, Remailer, Router, RSA, Source code, Stickiness, TAG, Thin client, Tiger team, Unix, URL, Uuencode, Viewser, Vortal, Warez, Web ring, XML, Yahoo! and Zmodem.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2584949 in Books
• Published on: 2003-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

About the Author
Sean Geer has been writing about IT for more than ten years. Following a spell as managing editor of Wired UK, he is now a freelance writer and consultant specializing in internet-related issues

Customer Reviews

Sean does a great job!
I have his 2001 copy of this book and am ordering 3 copies today -- one for me, one for my husband, and one for a coworker. Yeah, Sean! Keep up the good work.