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The WEB empowerment book : an introduction and connection guide to the Internet and the World-Wide Web

Title
The WEB empowerment book : an introduction and connection guide to the Internet and the World-Wide Web / by Ralph Abraham, Frank Jas, and Willard Russell.
Author
Abraham, Ralph.
Publication
Santa Clara, Calif. : TELOS (Springer-Verlag), [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors
  • Jas, Frank Arnoud.
  • Russell, Willard.
Description
xxxi, 192 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  • The Web Empowerment Book is devoted entirely to prospective home users of the Internet. The authors' primary emphasis is on accessing the World Wide Web: a smooth, graphically-oriented system for viewing information from universities, businesses, government, and individuals anywhere in the world.
  • This book gives you both an armchair tour of Internet resources in color, as well as presenting all the concepts you need to get connected. In three well-explained steps it describes how to get wired to the Internet and the World Wide Web inexpensively and easily using conventional phone technology.
  • This handy guide also provides a concise introduction to the UNIX commands typically available from an Internet Access Provider's machine. The Internet and UNIX grew up together, so some literacy in UNIX, while not required, is desirable, since you may need UNIX to obtain software over the Internet. As a special feature, packages of free software for connecting Windows and the Macintosh are provided at the authors' own Internet sites, and at other sites listed in the book.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 188) and index.
Contents
Pt. 1. An Introduction to the World-Wide Web -- 1. Introduction. 2. A Brief Tour. 3. WWW Basics. 4. Hypertext. 5. Hypermedia -- Pt. 2. Empowerment for the World-Wide Web. 6. Internet Access Providers. 7. How To Get Connected. 8. Macintosh Bootstrap. 9. Windows Bootstrap (Commercial). 10. Windows Bootstrap (Shareware) -- Pt. 3. Beginning UNIX. 11. UNIX Basics. 12. Files and Directories. 13. E-Mail. 14. Shared Data: Internetworking. 15. The UNIX Shell -- 16. Conclusion.
ISBN
0387944311
OCLC
ocm32517658
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries