THE WHOLE INTERNET: USER'S GUIDE & CATALOG; This book will help you to unlock the Internet's resources...a complete user's guide to the Internet, covering everything from the basics, like electronic mail and newsgroups, to the newest developments. (A NUTSHELL HANDBOOK) [Paperback]

ED KROL (Author)

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• Paperback: 376 pages
• Publisher: O'REILLY & ASSOCIATES, INC. (1993)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000HNQ9T6
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
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4.0 out of 5 stars By the author of "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Internet", January 27, 2010

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This review is from: THE WHOLE INTERNET: USER'S GUIDE & CATALOG; This book will help you to unlock the Internet's resources...a complete user's guide to the Internet, covering everything from the basics, like electronic mail and newsgroups, to the newest developments. (A NUTSHELL HANDBOOK) (Paperback)

Everyone has to start somewhere. Most people think that the World-wide Web is the Internet. Others are still trying to spell DARPA. The topics covered in this book include: What the Internet is, how it works, and what you can do. . Basic Internet utilities (telnet, ftp). Electronic mail and USENET News (bulletin Boards). How to find the resources you want with tools like Archie Gopher, WAIS, and the World-wide Web. . What recourses are available: a catalog of over 300 resources, on topics ranging form Aeronautics to Zymurgy. . How to be connected to the Internet: a list of Internet service Providers.

To really take advantage of this book it is best to have a shell account. Then you can go where no browser has gone before.