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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Douglas Comer |
| ISBN: | 0132335530 9780132335539 |
| OCLC Number: | 70718317 |
| Description: | xxvii, 380 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The Internet has arrived -- Getting started : hands-on experience -- Telephones everywhere -- The world was once analog -- The once and future digital network -- Basic communication -- The local area network arrives -- Internet : the early years -- Two decades of incredible growth -- The global Internet -- A global information infrastructure -- Packet switching -- Internet : a network of networks -- ISPs : broadband and wireless access -- IP : software to create a virtual network -- TCP : software for reliable communication -- Clients + servers = distributed computing -- Names for computers -- NAT : sharing an Internet connecting -- Why the Internet works well -- Electronic mail -- Bulletin board service (newsgroups) -- Browsing the World Wide Web -- World Wide Web documents (HTML) -- Advanced web technologies (forms, frames, plugins, Java, Javascript, Flash) -- Group and personal Web pages (wikis and blogs) -- Automated web search (search engines) -- Text, audio, and video communication (IM, VoIP) -- Faxes, file transfer, and file sharing (FTP) -- Remote login and remote desktops (TELNET) -- Facilities for secure communication -- Secure access from a distance (VPNs) -- Internet economics and electronic commerce -- The global digital library. |
| Responsibility: | Douglas E. Comer. |
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