
Mastering the Internet
William J. Buchanan(Author)
Red Globe Press
Published on 8. August 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
IX, 272 pages
978-0-333-69261-5 (ISBN)
Description
The Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW) is growing each day. More and more people require either to access information, send and receive electronic information or just to log into remote computers.
This book provides an up-to-date account of all the component parts of the Internet and the WWW, from architecture through to networking. It discusses key specifications relating to electronic mail, such as MiMe encoding and SMTP, and shows how they are used to send mail around the world.
Full backup for the book is provided with electronic mail and the author has set up a WWW page which contains links to other useful sources of information.
This book provides an up-to-date account of all the component parts of the Internet and the WWW, from architecture through to networking. It discusses key specifications relating to electronic mail, such as MiMe encoding and SMTP, and shows how they are used to send mail around the world.
Full backup for the book is provided with electronic mail and the author has set up a WWW page which contains links to other useful sources of information.
Reviews / Votes
'This is one of the better books I have found on the subject - providing more meat than books thrice the size and price. Congratulations.' - Evan James DembskeyMore details
Series
Edition
1997
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
College/higher education
Adult education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
418 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-69261-5 (9780333692615)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-349-14456-3
Schweitzer Classification
Person
WILLIAM BUCHANAN is a Senior Lecturer at Napier University, Edinburgh. He is an experienced computing author. He acts as a consultant to many companies, including British Gas, TransCo and is also a founding partner of Real-Time Technologies, which is a start-up company within Napier University.
Content
Introduction.- Internetworking.- WWW architecture.- Intranets.- HTML.- JavaScript.- Java TCP/IP.- HTTP protocol.- Electronic mail.- Operating systems: Windows NT and Windows 95.- LANs: Ethernet, Token ring and FDDI.- WANs: ISDN and ATM.