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Record Nr.

UNINA9910679284403321

Autore

Geer Sean

Titolo

Essential internet [[electronic resource] /] / Sean Geer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Economist, : Profile Books, c2003

ISBN

1-281-03190-9

9786611031909

1-84765-013-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

Economist books

Disciplina

004.67803

Soggetti

Internet

Computers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Developed from a title previously published as Pocket Internet"--T.p. verso.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Introduction; The essential internet; A to Z; 1 A brief history of the internet; 2 Abbreviations; 3 Recommended websites

Sommario/riassunto

Replacing the long-running pocket series, this new Economist essential A-Z series is launched in Spring 2003 in a strikingly attractive paper back format, with flaps and distinctive red end papers.  Following an introduction on the huge differences the Internet has made to modern day life, the bulk of the book contains a much expanded A-Z with several hundred entries that explain the essentials of the Internet - as well as some of its more quirky and  inconsequential aspects.  Entries  include ActiveX , ADSL, Arpanet, Asynchronous transfer mode, B2B, B2C, Backbone,  Cookie, Copyleft, Cracker,