The Internet for Dummies
9th Edition
Published on 3. October 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
408 pages
978-0-7645-4173-5 (ISBN)
Description
Now fully updated, "The Internet For Dummies" includes expanded coverage of high-speed Internet connections and how to use them, online shopping, the latest e-mail clients, wireless Internet usage, sharing an Internet connection among several computers, and a great deal more. There's even a tear-out technology map filled with instructions on essential technologies as well as listings of the Internet's best offerings. It is a leading Internet guide for beginners; previous editions have sold more than three million copies. It offers basic, easy-to-understand guidance to help Internet newcomers get up to speed quickly on the biggest communication and technology innovation of the past 100 years. It provides beginning Internet users with essential information about choosing an Internet service provider, finding information and making purchases on the Web, setting up a basic home page, working with e-mail, trading files online, and more about online communication.
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Series
Edition
9th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Foster City
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 92 mm
Width: 74 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
595 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7645-4173-5 (9780764541735)
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Previous edition
John R. Levine | Carol Baroudi | Margaret Levine Young
The Internet For Dummies
Book
02/2002
8th Edition
Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
€24.90
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Persons
John Levine, Carol Baroudi, and Margaret Levine Young are veteran Internet experts who have written many other books to help new computer users.
Content
Introduction. Part I: Welcome to the Internet. Chapter 1: What Is the Internet? What Is the Web? Chapter 2: The Internet at Home, at Work, at School, and at Play. Chapter 3: Kids and the Net. Part II: Internet, Here I Come! Chapter 4: Picking Your Internet Service. Chapter 5: Online and On Your Way. Part III: Web Mania. Chapter 6: Welcome to the Wild, Wonderful, Wacky Web. Chapter 7: Needles and Haystacks: Finding Stuff on the Net. Chapter 8: More Shopping, Less Dropping. Chapter 9: My First Home Page. Part IV: E--mail, Chat, and Other Ways to Hang Out Online. Chapter 10: It's in the Mail. Chapter 11: Putting Your Mail in Its Place. Chapter 12: Broadband Mania. Chapter 13: Online Communities: Let's Get Together. Chapter 14: Instant Messaging: The Next Best Thing to Being There. Chapter 15: Groupspeak: Let's Chat. Part V: Other Internet Essentials. Chapter 16: Swiping Files from the Net. Chapter 17: AOL: Can Twenty Million Users Really Be Wrong? Part VI: The Part of Tens. Chapter 18: Ten Frequently Asked Questions. Chapter 19: Ten Types of Files and What to Do with Them. Chapter 20: Ten Fun Things You Can Do on the Net. Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Avoid Looking Like a Klutz. Glossary. Index.