Teach Yourself the Internet in 24 Hours [Paperback]

Ned Snell (Author), Mark Taber (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 1999 | Series: Sams Teach Yourself...in 24 Hours

Sams Teach Yourself the Internet in 24 Hours, Third Edition, gets you quickly connected to the Internet. Learn to send and receive e-mail, find and browse Web sites, read and post to newsgroups, and apply the Internet to your everyday office and home life. Written in a straightforward, easy-to-understand style, the book avoids confusing jargon at all costs, clearly telling you just what you need to know in order to become productive.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Some people are able to master the ins and outs of the Internet in approximately 24 seconds. If it's taking you a bit longer to understand the topic and you feel like you need some guidance, Teach Yourself the Internet in 24 Hours will help you navigate with greater ease.

This book assumes you have a computer running Windows 95/98 and that you're reasonably adept at using it--you know how to use the mouse, start programs, manipulate windows, and the like. It also assumes you just want to get on the Internet to surf the Web and use electronic mail--you have no immediate interest in publishing your own pages on the Web or anything more complicated like that.

Snell begins with a discussion of the essential hardware you need to connect to the Internet. He also provides a summary of the various types of Internet service providers (ISPs) available in the United States. He shows you how to get connected to an ISP and then explains how to use your browser--including its abilities to mark sites you like and help you find information you want. Later chapters explain how to configure and use an e-mail program. Snell gives fair coverage to both Netscape Communicator 4.6 and the Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 suite. --David Wall

From the Back Cover

Sams Teach Yourself the Internet in 24 Hours, 2002 Edition steps the reader through everything he or she needs to know in order to quickly get connected to the Internet, send and receive e-mail, find and browse Web sites, read and post to newsgroups, and apply the Internet to their everyday office and home life.

Written in a straightforward, easy-to-understand style, the book avoids confusing jargon at all costs, clearly telling the reader just what they need to know in order to become productive. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 450 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 1 edition (July 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672315890
• ISBN-13: 978-0672315893
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,943,893 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent. As advetised., September 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Teach Yourself the Internet in 24 Hours (Sams Teach Yourself...) (Paperback)

The book is ideal for newbies who are learning the Internet which is just what the title implies it is. The "hour" vs the traditional chapter is unusual, but the content is appropriate for the newcomer. I reviewed several books before selecting this as the required book for my extension classes on "Internet Fundamentals." My students have found it readable, understandable, comprehensive and reasonably priced. A good choice.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars it works, September 8, 2001

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Frank "poppafrank2000" (greenfield, mo. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself the Internet in 24 Hours, 2002 Edition (Paperback)

I'm a beginner I'm still wet behind the ear's. this book has
help me a lot. I didn't know any thing about cp. Boy I was like
up the creek with out a paddle. but I have proggress quite a bit
I would tell any one that if just starting out this is the book
to git. well it was for me. gives a lot of advice so go git it

0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A jack of all trends., December 28, 1999

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"dna-groove" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teach Yourself the Internet in 24 Hours (Paperback)

For having a basic and shallow understanding about "What the heck is Internet programming?" in general, it might just serve that purpose. But you must ask yourself whether it is what you want... This book will not make you an ActiveX guru, nor an ASP genius, nor a DHTML wiz... but it'll explain what each of them is and how it works in VB6 with some useless examples (that DOES work, for a change with Sams). If you must, have it.