Publisher's Synopsis
If you have access to a personal computer and want to explore the Internet, then "Everybody's Guide to the Internet" is the place to begin. This guide is designed to make you comfortable in the virtual world of the Internet with its insider language and peculiar local culture. Accessible, friendly, and authoritative, it offers a clear, bare-bones introduction to the Internet, with just enough technical information to get you online. Additional help is offered at the end of each chapter in the form of a section on what to do "when things go wrong," and another section, called "FYI," tells you where to look for further information.;It covers everything you need to know about the rich and complex Internet environment: e-mail (including advanced e-mail); the "global watering hole" called Usenet and its essential newsgroups; mailing lists and bitnet; library catalogues, bulletin board systems, and sites on telnet; downloading files via ftp; information utilities such as gopher, archie, WAIS and the World-Wide Web; information services such the WELL, America Online and Compuserve; news services; IRC and MUDS; and the network in the classroom.
