Everybody's Guide to the Internet [Paperback]

Adam Gaffin (Author), Mitchell Kapor (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 1994

foreword by Mitchell Kapor If you have access to a personal computer and want to explore the Internet, Everybody's Guide is the place to begin.Everybody's Guide is designed to make you comfortable in the virtual world of the Internet with its insider language and peculiar local culture. Accessible, friendly, and authoritative, it offers a clear, bare-bones introduction to the Internet, with just enough technical information to get you online. Additional help is offered at the end of each chapter in the form of a section on what to do "when things go wrong," and another section, called "FYI," tells you where to look for further information.Everybody's Guide covers everything you need to know about the rich and complex Internet environment: e-mail (including advanced e-mail); the "global watering hole" called Usenet and its essential newsgroups; mailing lists and bitnet; bulletin board systems; downloading files via ftp; information utilities such as telnet, gopher, archie, veronica, WAIS, and the World-Wide Web; information services such as library catalogs, weather reports, and traveling advisories; news services; IRC and MUDs; and the network in the classroom.The Internet is growing and changing so quickly that to help keep users up to date, Everybody's Update to the Internet is posted monthly and is available for free online over the Internet. Everybody's Guide was originally "published" electronically as The Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet. It is sponsored by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded by Mitchell Kapor and John Perry Barlow that works to protect civil liberties in emerging technologies.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

This is the print version of a text that was available online for several years. So why bother with the book? It is physically designed so you can get your hands around it; it's compact and definitely more readable in paper. It doesn't try to be encyclopedic, which is important in these days of Internet doorstops. On the other hand, the text could have used more careful editing to clean up irritating references to the book's electronic womb. Nevertheless, Gaffin's 14 chapters and two appendixes do a nice job of introducing you to E-mail, Usenet discussion lists, FTP, telnet, Internet tools, and other topics. It is graphically impoverished compared with other Internet titles, some information is dated already, and occasionally the EFF perspective comes into play. But if these quibbles don't bother you, and you're a fan of the electronic version, then this is for you.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

Adam Gaffin is the creator and editor of Boston Online, an award-winning Web site dedicated to everything Boston.

Product Details

• Paperback: 226 pages
• Publisher: The MIT Press (July 15, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0262571056
• ISBN-13: 978-0262571050
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,519,016 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best for Understanding the Internet and for learning it!, November 1, 1997

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This 'everybody's guide of the Internet' is a very useful to understand the Internet. I recommend it the fundamental guide for learn all programs such like WWW, FTP, email,Telnet,gopher and many others. Youngkil Park Ph.D [e-mail] MokpCity/Korea