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

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The revision of this bestseller is ideal as either an introductory Internet book or as a highly accurate professional overview of Internet/networking technology and applications. "The Internet" was written by a leading computer networking teacher, researcher, and Internet architect.

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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 the Paperback edition.

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Textbook Binding: 327 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (April 22, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0138901619
ISBN-13: 978-0138901615
Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.2 x 0.8 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent high-level overview of computer networking, March 7, 1997

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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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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