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- REVIEW: HOW THE INTERNET WORKS by Joshua Eddings ZIFF-DAVIS Press 1994
- ISBN: 1-56276-192-7 paperbound 218 pages $24.95 U.S.A. $34.95 Canada
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- This is the companion volume to HOW TO USE THE INTERNET and is an excellent
- way to learn how the component parts work to make the Internet do what it
- does. Its a colorful, captivating journey that blends lively illustrations
- by Pamela Drury Wattenmaker and text to help you understand what happens
- when you send a message or download a file.
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- HOW THE INTERNET WORKS is part of Ziff-Davis' "How It Works" series and
- does not assume any technical background or net experience. All you need
- is the curiosity and willingness to explore.
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- This book doesn't tell you how to perform various net functions; the
- companion title, HOW TO USE THE INTERNET, does this admirably. Instead,
- HOW THE INTERNET WORKS takes you behind the scenes and shows you what
- actually occurs when you perform an Archie search or transfer a file using
- FTP. The illustrations compliment the text and you come away with a
- basic understanding of what is going on "under the hood", so to speak.
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- I evaluated HOW TO USE THE INTERNET in conjunction with HOW THE INTERNET WORKS
- because they compliment each other and combined they will teach folks young
- and old how to understand perform basic net functions. Although there are
- many books on the subject of how to use the net costing less than these two
- volumes, the WIRED TO THE NET package (which is what the bundled set is
- called) is fully illustrated which is very helpful to learn the subject at
- hand. One look at the beautiful artwork will tell you instantly that this
- is indeed a quality product. I really liked it and so will by 11 year-old
- who will learn a great deal from it.
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- (C) 1995
- Michael Crestohl
- mc@shore.net
-
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