Welcome

Preface

Chapter 1: Internet background, history, technology

• What the Internet is
  
• Connecting to others
  
• Brief Internet history
  
• Internet Control
  
• Paying for the Internet
  
• The population
  
• Basic network concepts
  
• TCP/IP
  
• Numeric Addresses
  
• Domain names
  
• Internet Addressing
  
• What a URL is
  
• Bandwidth
  
• What Client/Server is
  
• WINSOCK and Apps
  
• Ways to Get Connected
  
• Indirect access
  
• Direct access
  
• The best access
  
• Finding an ISP
  
• Hardware
  
• Software
  
• Logging in

Chapter 2: Electronic Mail

• Principles
  
• Logging in to a session
  
• Sending a message
  
• Reading a new message
  
• Replying to a message
  
• Forwarding a message
  
• Printing a message
  
• Deleting a message
  
• Attaching files
  
• Creating a sig file
  
• E-mail problems

Chapter 3: Reaching the Masses

• Mailing lists defined
  
• Principles
  
• Subscribing to a list
  
• List unsubscribing
  
• Posting a message
  
• Newsgroups defined
  
• Finding a newsgroup
  
• Subscribing to a group
  
• Unsubscribing
  
• Reading a posting
  
• Replying to a posting
  
• Posting a new message
  
• Viewing a picture file

Chapter 4: File Transfer Protocol

• FTP defined
  
• Directory structures
  
• Anonymous ftp sessions
  
• Downloading a file
  
• Uploading a file

Chapter 5: The World Wide Web

• Web basics
  
• URLs
  
• Plug-Ins
  
• Searching the Web
  
• Portals
  
• HTML Course
  

Chapter 6: Communication Technologies

• IRC/Messaging
  
• Internet telephone

Chapter 7: Other Issues

• Internet security
  
• Netiquette
  
• Reading references

Chapter 8: The Online Business World

• Making money
  
• Tools for profit
  
• Your Web presence
  
• Your enterprise
  
• Getting connected
  
• Order from chaos

Chapter 9: Appendices

Internet FAQ
Glossary