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Comer, Douglas.

The Internet book : everything you need to know about computer networking and how the internet works / Douglas E. Comer. - 4th ed. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. ; London : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2007. - xxvii, 380 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 connection -- 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) -- Faces, file transfer, and file sharing (FTP) -- Remote login and remote desktops (TELNET) -- Facilities for secure communication -- Decure access from a distance (VPNs) -- Internte economics and electronic commerce -- The global digital library

ISBN: 9780132335539 9780132335539 No price

LCCN: 2006024111

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Internet.
Computer networks.
World Wide Web.
Internet guides & online services
Internet: general works