i-Net+ Guide to the Internet/ Jean Andrews, PH.D

Contents

Chapter 1 Using The Internet
The Internet and Systems that Use it
Introduction to the Internet Infrastructure
Internet Service Providers, etc.

Chapter 2 Build Your Own Web Site
A simple Web Site From Beginning to End
Learning and Using HMTL
Taking HTML Further
Survey of HTML Authoring Tools, etc.

Chapter 3 How Clients and Servers Work Together
Client-Server Architecture
Web Servers
E-Mail
FTP, etc.

Chapter 4 Sights and Sounds of the Internet
Enhancing Web Sites with Multimedia MIME
Helper Applications and Plug-ins
Non-Streaming Sound in Files
Graphics on Web Pages, etc.

Chapter 5 WebTV and other Internet Appliances
Thin clients
Web TV
Internet telephony
Wireless internet appliances, etc

Chapter 6. Understanding networks
Operating systems on the networks
Local network hardware components
The OSI model and networking, etc

Chapter 7.Internet infrastructure
Physically and logically dividing large networks
Routing on the network
Domain names on the networks , etc

Chapter 8. Internet clients
Using a telephone line to connect to the internet
Using a cable modem, ISDM, DSL, or satellite to connect to the internet, etc

chapter9. Solving client problems
Solving windows 98 problems
Solving browser problems
Troubleshooting internet connections, etc

Chapter 10. Web programming and related tols
Taking HTML further
Introduction to programming
Survey of programming languages used on the internet, etc

chapter 11. Databases and web hosting
Introduction to databases
Setting up a database on the web site
Pre-launch Testing strategies, etc

Chapter 12. Internet security
Types of intrusion
Protection strategies
Virtual private networks, etc

Chapter 13. Doing business on the web
Business on the web
Attracting and retaining customers for the web site
How business is done on the web, etc

Includes Glossary . _ Index : p.839-866