The book presents a completely new and innovative approach to the Internet that is tailored to individual users' needs, as opposed to simply studying tools that are used on the Internet. It is designed around important issues that all users of the World Wide Web need to know to take full advantage of its power. Upon using this book, students will be familiar with: Protecting themselves on the Internet by studying potential consequences, including legal ramifications, technical and personal complications; Selecting the mail software that best suits their needs, and then using the best options and techniques for managing the vast amounts of mail that will follow; How to quickly and accurately access the best information on the Internet through effective search techniques; Determining the value of Virtual Communities on the Web, and mastering the software options that are of value when a part of Virtual Communities (i.e., mail digests, listerv commands, Usenet display options and kill files); Creating Web Pages, both with a minimal knowledge of HTML in combination with key tools, or with HTML and HTML Scripts, in order to create good looking Web pages; How to locate software worth having, and how to safely download and install software while protecting themselves from computer viruses, as well understanding the most commonly used file formats, file utilities, file archives, self-extracting files, installers, and uninstallers; How to make their browser take full advantage of multimedia Web sites, including use of audio and video files, creating a music library, burning their own music CDs, putting photos and sounds on their Web pages and expanding their bandwidth without expanding their wallets; How to make the most out of Electronic Commerce, including comparison shopping, safe use of credit cards online, protecting themselves in an online auction, and the privacy trade-offs and prospective pitfalls of shopping in the online world; How to encrypt their online communication to ensure privacy; and How to coordinate their Internet access from multiple points-of-access, including Telnet and FTP.

Publisher Addison-Wesley Longman, Incorporated

ISBN-10 0321129474

ISBN-13 9780321129475

Format Trade Paperback

Language English

Publication Year 2002

Number of Pages 736 Pages

Edition Number 2

Author Wendy G. Lehnert

Table of Content 1. Getting Started. 2. Personal Safety Online. 3. E-Mail Basics. 4. E-mail Management Techniques. 5. Searching the Net. 6. Virtual Communities. 7. Web Page Design I. 8. Web Page Design II. 9. Software Downloads. 10. Multimedia on the Web. 11. E-Commerce and the Online Consumer. 12. Powerful Encryption: A Beginner's Guide. 13. Coordinating Multiple Points of Access.

Copyright Date 2003

Target Audience College Audience

Topic Internet / General

Illustrated Yes

Genre Computers

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