| | A Brief History Of The Internet |
| | Services Available On The Internet |
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| | Web Browsers and Browsing |
| | Connecting A Computer To A LAN |
| | Connecting One Computer To Another |
| | Circuit Boards Plug Into A Computer |
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| | A Brief History Of The Internet |
| | Internet: The Early Years |
| | A Global Information Infrastructure |
| | TCP/IP Provides Communication Facilities |
| | The Internet Offers Diverse Information Services |
| | The Internet Infrastructure |
| | Communication Infrastructure |
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| | Services Available On The Internet |
| | The Global Digital Library |
| | Text, Audio, And Video Communication (IM, VoIP) |
| | Remote Login And Remote Desktops (TELNET) |
| | Internet Economics And Electronic Commerce |
| | Faxes, File Transfer, And File Sharing (FTP) |
| | Secure Access From A Distance (VPNs) |
| | Facilities For Secure Communication |
| | Bulletin Board Service (Newsgroups) |
| | Advanced Web Technologies |
| | World Wide Web Documents (HTML) |
| | Browsing The World Wide Web |
| | Automated Web Search (Search Engines) |
| | Group And Personal Web Pages |
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| | Internet: A Network Of Networks |
| | ISPs: Broadband And Wireless Access |
| | TCP: Software For Reliable Communication |
| | Clients + Servers = Distributed Computing |
| | NAT: Sharing An Internet Connection |
| | IP: Software Virtual Network |
| | TCP/IP Research Emphasized Practical Results |
| | TCP/IP Software Was Engineered For Efficiency |
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| | Relevance To The Internet |
| | Internet Book, The: Everything You Need to Know About Computer Networking and How the Internet Works By Douglas E. Comer |
| | Sound, Vibrations, And Analog Recording |
| | Analog Electronic Devices |
| | Many Electronic Devices Are Analog |
| | Analog Is Simple But Inaccurate |
| | Sending An Analog Signal Across A Wire |
| | Using Digital To Recreate Analog |
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| | Letters And Digits In Morse Code |
| | Virtually Instant Communication |
| | Relevance To The Internet |
| | Binary Encoding Of Data On The Internet |
| | Internet Book, The: Everything You Need to Know About Computer Networking and How the Internet Works By Douglas E. Comer |
| | Communication Using Electricity |
| | Modems Allow Two-Way Traffic |
| | A Character Code For Digital Information |
| | Internet Book, The: Everything You Need to Know About Computer Networking and How the Internet Works By Douglas E. Comer |
| | Disseminating The Software |
| | The Internet Doubles In Size In One Year |
| | The Internet Improves Science |
| | NSF Takes A Leadership Role |
| | Target: All Of Science And Engineering |
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| | Internet: The Early Years |
| | The Proliferation Of LANs |
| | Wide Area Technologies Exist |
| | WANs and LANs Are Incompatible |
| | The Desirability Of A Single Network |
| | The Department Of Defense Had Multiple Networks |
| | Connecting Disconnected Machines |
| | The Shock Of An Open System |
| | Open Systems Are Necessary |
| | The Military Adopts TCP/IP |
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| | Electronic Mail Among Computers |
| | EBONE: The Internet In Europe |
| | Backbones And Internet Hierarchy |
| | Internet On All Continents |
| | The World Of Internet after 1998 |
| | Internet Book, The: Everything You Need to Know About Computer Networking and How the Internet Works By Douglas E. Comer |
| | Packet Switching Avoids Delays |
| | Each Packet Must Be Labeled |
| | Network Hardware Handles Sharing |
| | Relevance To The Internet |
| | Internet Book, The: Everything You Need to Know About Computer Networking and How the Internet Works By Douglas E. Comer |
| | Internet: A Network Of Networks |
| | Network Technologies Are Incompatible |
| | Interconnecting Computers Pass Packets |
| | Interconnecting Computers Are Called Routers |
| | Routers Are The Building Blocks Of The Internet |
| | The Internet Includes Multiple Types Of Networks |
| | Routers Can Interconnect WANs And LANs |
| | The Hierarchical Structure Of The Internet |
| | Internet Book, The: Everything You Need to Know About Computer Networking and How the Internet Works By Douglas E. Comer |
| | ISPs: Broadband And Wireless Access |
| | Internet Service Providers And Fees |
| | Customer Connections Form The Last Mile |
| | Leased Circuits Are Expensive |
| | Dial-up Access Is Inexpensive, But Slow |
| | Broadband Connections Offer High Speed |
| | The Important Concept Of Continuous Connectivity |
| | Instantaneous Access Changes Use |
| | Modern Technologies Offer Inexpensive Dedicated Access |
| | Wireless Access Is Available |
| | Wi-Fi And 3G Wireless Technologies |
| | Internet Book, The: Everything You Need to Know About Computer Networking and How the Internet Works By Douglas E. Comer |
| | IP: Software Virtual Network |
| | An Agreement For Communication |
| | Basic Functionality: The Internet Protocol |
| | IP Software On Every Machine |
| | Internet Packets Are Called Datagrams |
| | The Illusion Of A Giant Network |
| | The Internet’s Internal Structure |
| | Datagrams Travel In Packets |
| | Every Computer Is Assigned A Unique Address |
| | IP Addresses Are Not Random |
| | A Trip Through An Example Internet |
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| | TCP: Software For Reliable Communication |
| | A Packet Switching System Can Be Overrun |
| | TCP Helps IP Guarantee Delivery |
| | TCP Provides A Connection Between Computer Programs |
| | The Magic Of Recovering Lost Datagrams |
| | TCP Retransmission Is Automatic |
| | Internet Book, The: Everything You Need to Know About Computer Networking and How the Internet Works By Douglas E. Comer |
| | Clients + Servers = Distributed Computing |
| | Large Computers Use Networks For Input And Output |
| | Small Computers Use Networks To Interact |
| | Distributed Computing On The Internet |
| | A Single Paradigm Explains All Distributed Computing |
| | Communicating Programs Are Clients Or Servers |
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| | Naming A Computer Can Be Challenging Or Fun |
| | Computer Names Must Be Unique |
| | Suffixes On Computer Names |
| | Domain Names Outside The US |
| | Translating A Name To An Equivalent IP Address |
| | Domain Name System Works Like Directory Assistance |
| | Computer Name Lookup Is Automatic |
| | IP Addresses And Domain Names Are Unrelated |
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| | NAT: Sharing An Internet Connection |
| | High Capacity And Multiple Computers |
| | It Is Possible To Share A Single IP Address |
| | A Device For Connection Sharing Is Called A NAT Box |
| | A NAT Box Acts Like A Miniature ISP |
| | NAT Changes The Address In Each Datagram |
| | Computer Software Can Perform The NAT Function |
| | NAT Can Use A Wireless Network |
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| | TCP/IP Software Was Engineered For Efficiency |
| | TCP/IP Research Emphasized Practical Results |
| | Internet Book, The: Everything You Need to Know About Computer Networking and How the Internet Works By Douglas E. Comer |
| | Description Of Functionality |
| | Each User Has A Mailbox For Email |
| | Notification That Email Has Arrived |
| | A Browser Can Be Used To Send And Receive Email |
| | Email Messages Look Like Interoffice Memos |
| | Email Software Fills In Header Information |
| | Using Email From A Personal Computer |
| | Abbreviations Make Email Friendly |
| | Aliases Permit Arbitrary Abbreviations |
| | Sending To Multiple Recipients |
| | Public Mailing Lists And Mail Exploders |
| | Exchanging Email With Non-Internet Sites |
| | Access To Services Via Email |
| | Speed, Reliability, And Expectations |
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| | Bulletin Board Service (Newsgroups) |
| | Description Of Functionality |
| | Many Bulletin Boards With Diverse Topics |
| | Obtaining Network News And The Software To Read Articles |
| | How Network News Appears To A User |
| | Checking For News Articles |
| | Impact And Significance Of Newsgroups And Mailing Lists |
| | Hints And Conventions For Participating In Discussions |
| | Internet Book, The: Everything You Need to Know About Computer Networking and How the Internet Works By Douglas E. Comer |
| | Browsing The World Wide Web |
| | Browsing Vs. Information Retrieval |
| | A Menu Item Can Point To Another Computer |
| | Combining Menu Items With Text |
| | Embedded Links In Text Are Called Hypertext |
| | Video And Audio References Can Be Embedded In Text |
| | Browser Software Used To Access The Web |
| | Recording The Location Of Information |
| | A URL Tells A Browser Which Computer To Contact |
| | A URL Tells A Browser Which Server To Contact |
| | Use Of The Name www In URLs |
| | A Browser Provides Access To Multiple Services |
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| | World Wide Web Documents (HTML) |
| | A Browser Translates And Displays A Web Document |
| | HTML, The Language Used For Web Documents |
| | Instructions In A Web Page Control The Output |
| | A Web Page Is Divided Into Two Main Sections |
| | Indentation Can Make HTML Readable |
| | The Body Of A Web Page Can Contain Text |
| | Indentation Can Make Paragraphs Easier To Find |
| | A Web Page Can Link To Another Page |
| | HTML Allows Numbered And Unnumbered Lists |
| | Images On A Web Page Are Digital |
| | HTML Allows A Web Page To Include An Image |
| | Text Can Appear Adjacent To An Image |
| | Images Can Link To Another Web Page |
| | Some Browsers Can Stretch Or Shrink Images |
| | The Background Can Be Controlled |
| | GUI Tools Help With Web Page Creation |
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| | Advanced Web Technologies |
| | Conventional Web Pages Are Static |
| | Server Stores Static Web Pages |
| | Conventional Web Pages Use The Entire Screen |
| | A Web Page Can Change Part Of the Screen |
| | The Web, Advertising, And Frames |
| | Pop-Ups And Pop-Up Blockers |
| | Controlling How A Browser Processes Data |
| | A Server Can Compute A Web Page On Demand |
| | Professional Programmers Build Server Scripts |
| | A Web Page Can Display Simple Animations |
| | Java Is An Active Document Technology |
| | JavaScript Is An Active Document Technology |
| | Flash And Real Technologies |
| | Internet Book, The: Everything You Need to Know About Computer Networking and How the Internet Works By Douglas E. Comer |
| | Group And Personal Web Pages (Wikis And Blogs) |
| | The Disadvantage Of A Bulletin Board System |
| | Shared Pages Are Called Wikis |
| | Sharing And Consensus Building |
| | The Disadvantage Of Wikis |
| | Wikipedia Is An Experiment |
| | Publication Of A Personal Diary |
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| | Automated Web Search (Search Engines) |
| | Description Of Functionality |
| | Browsing Vs. Automated Searching |
| | A Search Engine Helps Users Get Started |
| | A Search Tool Can Help Recover From Loss |
| | An Automated Search Service Operates |
| | Gathering Information In Advance |
| | Modern Systems Search Web Page Contents |
| | Web Search Appears To A User |
| | Search Engine Returns Results |
| | Automated Search Services Use String Matching |
| | The Advantages And Disadvantages Of String Matching |
| | Automated Search Programs That Use Multiple Keys |
| | Advanced Services Offer More Sophisticated Matching |
| | Personalized Search Results |
| | More Details About How Content Searching Works |
| | Advertising Pays For Searching |
| | Examples Of Automated Search Services |
| | Significance Of Automated Web Search |
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| | Text, Audio, And Video Communication (IM, VoIP) |
| | Instant Messaging Provides Textual Communication |
| | Audio And Video Functionality |
| | Audio And Video Require Special Facilities |
| | An Audio Clip Resembles An Audio CD |
| | Internet Audio In Real-Time |
| | Radio Programs On The Internet |
| | Real-Time Audio Transmission Is Called Webcasting |
| | Internet Telephone Service Is Possible |
| | Internet Telephone Service Is Known As VoIP |
| | A Cooperative Document Markup Service |
| | The Participants Discuss And Mark A Document |
| | Video Teleconference Among Groups Of People |
| | A Combined Audio, Video, Whiteboard, And IM Service |
| | Internet Book, The: Everything You Need to Know About Computer Networking and How the Internet Works By Douglas E. Comer |
| | Faxes, File Transfer, And File Sharing (FTP) |
| | The Internet Can Be Used To Copy Files |
| | FTP Is Invoked From A Browser |
| | FTP Allows A User To View Directory Contents |
| | FTP Allows A User To Upload Files |
| | FTP Transfers Must Be Authorized |
| | Impact And Significance Of FTP |
| | Peer-To-Peer File Sharing |
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| | Remote Login And Remote Desktops (TELNET) |
| | Early Computers Used Textual Interfaces |
| | A Timesharing System Requires User Identification |
| | Remote Login Resembles Conventional Login |
| | Escaping From Remote Login |
| | The Internet Remote Login Standard Is TELNET |
| | Remote Access Can Display A Desktop |
| | Assessment Of Remote Login And Desktops |
| | Generality Makes Remote Login And Desktops Powerful |
| | Remote Access Accommodates Multiple Types Of Computers |
| | Unexpected Results From Remote Access |
| | Internet Book, The: Everything You Need to Know About Computer Networking and How the Internet Works By Douglas E. Comer |
| | Facilities For Secure Communication |
| | Lack Of Security Can Be Important |
| | Authentication And Privacy Are Primary Problems |
| | Encoding Keeps Messages Private |
| | Computer Encryption Uses Mathematics |
| | No Network Is Absolutely Secure |
| | Encryption Makes Email Private |
| | Encryption Software Needs A Key |
| | Firewalls Protect Networks From Unwanted Packets |
| | A Firewall Filters Packets |
| | Firewalls Guard Against Trojan Horses |
| | Residential And Individual Firewalls |
| | Systems Exist To Detect Intrusion |
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| | Secure Access From A Distance (VPNs) |
| | Organizations Grant Employees Special Privileges |
| | Traveling Employees Lose Privilege |
| | Telecommuters Do Not Have Privilege |
| | Dedicated Leased Circuits Allow Secure Telecommuting |
| | Standard Internet Connections Are Low-Cost |
| | A Virtual Private Network Solves The Problem |
| | The Illusion Of A Direct Connection |
| | Internet Book, The: Everything You Need to Know About Computer Networking and How the Internet Works By Douglas E. Comer |
| | Internet Economics And Electronic Commerce |
| | E-commerce Is Big Business |
| | Security Technology Made E-commerce Possible |
| | Public Key Encryption Provides Authenticity |
| | Certificates Contain Public Keys |
| | Digital Cash Is Not Widely Available |
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| | The Global Digital Library |
| | New Services Appear Regularly |
| | Flexibility Permits Change |
| | Card Catalogs And Search Tools |
| | Internet Services Can Be Integrated |
| | Information In The Digital Library |
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