The Internet Book: Everything You Need to Know About Computer Networking and How the Internet Works (3rd Edition) [Paperback]

Douglas E. Comer (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0130308528 | ISBN-13: 978-0130308528 | Publication Date: March 30, 2000 | Edition: 3

For use as a primary text for courses on using the Internet or as a supplement for computer literacy courses that cover networking or the Internet. Doug Comer's, The Internet Book, Third Edition utilizes a non-technical perspective to explain the technology of how computers communicate, what the Internet is, how the Internet works, and what the Internet can do for people. This book works to fully connect students to the "big picture" by presenting a solid overview of networking and the Internet, rather than burying them with details. Comer assumes no prior background in computer networking or the Internet.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

The Internet Book presents computer networking and the Internet from a nontechnical perspective. It explains how computers communicate, what the Internet is, how the Internet works, and what the Internet can do for people. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

From the Author

Although it requires no technical background and absolutely no mathematics, The Internet Book explains computer networking and the Internet. In addition to covering the most well-known applications such as the World Wide Web and electronic commerce, the book describes how underlying technologies -- such as cable modems -- are used to deliver Internet services.

Everyone can understand this book because all technical details are explained using analogies to everyday life.

If you want to understand the Internet, but do not have a strong background in science or engineering, this book is for you.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 351 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 3 edition (March 30, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130308528
• ISBN-13: 978-0130308528
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,000,947 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent high-level overview of computer networking, March 7, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Internet Book (Paperback)

Comer's book presents a highly technical topic in a readable and easily understood format--almost like prose! I started to read the book in small parts in order to understand only particular chapters, but it is so readable that I read it from the first chapter to the last. In fact, I read over 100 pages in one sitting--something that normally I can do with someone like John Gresham or Tom Clancy, not an author of computer networking. This is a great book for anyone who wants to understand data networking and the Internet. It covered the entire subject without using words like ethernet, token ring or frame-relay

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Book, August 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Internet Book: Everything You Need to Know About Computer Networking and How the Internet Works (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

Douglas Comer has an amazing ability to cut through the heavy fog that surrounds Internet technology. Many well trained and accomplished academics are terrible writers. I have wasted much money buying from these authors. I have read Douglas Comer's many books from detailed implentation of TCP/IP to overview of computer networks and internet. I am not surprised by the excellent quality of this book. I will buy any book anytime that Dr. Comer writes. I think this all the result of his pioneering reseach and great desire to teach.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for people who like little info from lots of pages, October 10, 1998

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Zakaria Haque ([e-mail]) (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Internet Book, The: Everything You Need to Know About Computer Networking and How the Internet Works (Textbook Binding)

Well, not a bad book. But it deals with pretty elementary concepts and spends too much time in history (though some people may like it, I was annoyed). Mostly, there are too many words than information.If you are completely new to internet and wan to make some background for a serious start [or if you like reading for the sake of reading:-)] this may suit you.