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The POCKET GUIDE TO THE INTERNET: NO-SWEAT GUIDE TO INFORMATION HIGHWAY [Paperback]

Gary Gach (Author)
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June 1, 1996
Today's hottest technology can significantly enrich your business and your life. "The Pocket Guide to the Internet", the first cyberspace guide to abandon techno-speak for plain English, is your complete sourcebook. From the basics for getting started to troubleshooting advice, "The Pocket Guide to the Internet" directs you through every stage of on-line usage with practical, step-by-step examples. If you've been looking for a basic course on the Net with clear, concise instructions on exactly how to use its rapidly expanding resources for fun and profit "The Pocket Guide to the Internet" is for you. Find all you need to know about:

The World Wide Web-- get in on the fastest-growing area of cyberspace

E-mail-- how to send and receive, with lists of addresses

Newsgroups-- from quilting bees to film reviews; from travel tips to Trekkie talk

Gopher-- navigate the global pool of information with this helpful file program

and much, much more. Packed with incredibly useful information that's totally accessible to the computer layperson-- such as cost saving tips and lists of available on-line services-- "The Pocket Guide to the Internet" will answer all your questions. If you want direct access to the information superhighway, "The Pocket Guide to the Internet" will not only get you there, but help you hold the road.


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Your first resource to cyberspace! Gary Gach is a pioneer in the field of Internet training, and this guide is eminently readable -- a perfect introduction for the Internet tyro. Find out exactly what you need to know about:
  • The World Wide Web -- the fastest-growing area of cyberspace
  • E-mail -- how to send it, how to receive it
  • Newsgroups -- all of your interests from ASCII to zoology are shared by people all over the world!
...and much, much more. This is a compact beginner's road map to the Information Superhighway.

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Today's hottest technology can significantly enrich your business and your life. The Pocket Guide to the Internet , the first cyberspace guide to abandon techno-speak for plain English, is your complete sourcebook. From the basics for getting started to troubleshooting advice, The Pocket Guide to the Internet directs you through every stage of on-line usage with practical, step-by-step examples. If you've been looking for a basic course on the Net with clear, concise instructions on exactly how to use its rapidly expanding resources- for fun and profit- The Pocket Guide to the Internet is for you. Find all you need to know about: The World Wide Web-- get in on the fastest-growing area of cyberspace E-mail-- how to send and receive, with lists of addresses Newsgroups-- from quilting bees to film reviews; from travel tips to Trekkie talk Gopher-- navigate the global pool of information with this helpful file program and much, much more. Packed with incredibly useful information that's totally accessible to the computer layperson-- such as cost saving tips and lists of available on-line services-- The Pocket Guide to the Internet will answer all your questions. If you want direct access to the information superhighway, The Pocket Guide to the Internet will not only get you there, but help you hold the road.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Pocket; Pap/Dsk edition (June 1, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0671568507
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671568504
  • Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,739,599 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A good primer for the Internet neophyte, January 22, 2008
This review is from: The POCKET GUIDE TO THE INTERNET: NO-SWEAT GUIDE TO INFORMATION HIGHWAY (Paperback)
What is the internet?
How and when did it begin?
Where does the network go?
Who originally thought of the concept?
Why is the internet useful and necessary?
Was Al Gore involved?

All these questions and more (minus the Al Gore one) are in The Pocket Guide To The Internet.

From ISPs to Packets, from AOL to telnet, and emoticons to netiquette, it's all present. There's a wealth of knowledge in every chapter, and the steps are slow enough for all. In fact, many of even the most novice users of the Internet will find much of the information mundane.

The book provides page after page of helpful information, providing a multitude of web addresses, acronyms, and definitions that, if anything, provid a sort of printed dictionary/encyclopedia about the internet.

This is a great resource for someone starting at ground zero with no knowledge whatsoever.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Congratulations!, February 21, 1997
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This review is from: The POCKET GUIDE TO THE INTERNET: NO-SWEAT GUIDE TO INFORMATION HIGHWAY (Paperback)
The "concept" of the Net is very important
for the uninitiated. Your zeroing in on how the Internet should be
viewed in the mind's eye is excellent. It's the idea or the "vision" of
the over-all system as a "place" that is expanding its own boundaries in
all directions gives your readers a sense of the sheer "enormity" of it
all. And yet, all of it is reachable by a simple wire with a tiny,
plastic push-in-and-click wall plug!! Marvelous.

Robert M. Jackson, Jr.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Thanks for the Great Little Book, December 28, 1996
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This review is from: The POCKET GUIDE TO THE INTERNET: NO-SWEAT GUIDE TO INFORMATION HIGHWAY (Paperback)
I'm about half way through your book. In fact I'm on page
148 beginning Web Culture. I have found your book to be very
informitive. Was very interested in the section on Gopher. Tried to get
information on swollen joints, but reread and found that I needed to use
WWW and Exite to pull it up. As I read your book I try the new reading
out on my computer. Again thanks for the information.


Al Witte

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