Essential Internet [Paperback]

Sean Geer (Author)

Book Description

Series: Bloomberg Financial | Publication Date: June 2003

Replacing the long-running pocket series, this new Economist essential A-Z series is launched in Spring 2003 in a strikingly attractive paper back format, with flaps and distinctive red end papers. 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, Asynchronous transfer mode, 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, Nerd, Netiquette, Object oriented, Open source, , Packet, PANS, PGP, Ping, Quicktime, Remailer, Router, RSA, Source code, Splinternet, Stickiness, TAG, Thin client, Tiger team, Unix, URL, Uuencode, Viewser, Vortal, Warez, Web ring, XML, Yahoo and Zmodem. Also included as appendices are * A brief history of the Internet * Hundreds of recommended web sites.

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About the Author

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

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Bloomberg Press; 1 edition (June 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1861975406
• ISBN-13: 978-1861975409
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 4.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,850,054 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sean does a great job!, April 13, 2004

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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.