| Understanding the Internet | p. 1 |
| An Overview of the Internet | p. 19 |
| Everything You Need to Connect to the Net | p. 37 |
| Internet Addresses | p. 65 |
| Mail | p. 93 |
| Using Mail Well | p. 119 |
| The Web | p. 139 |
| Talking on the Net | p. 169 |
| Downloading and Installing Software | p. 199 |
| Music on the Net | p. 213 |
| Finding Stuff on the Net | p. 229 |
| Safety, Security and Privacy | p. 251 |
| Usenet | p. 281 |
| Mailing Lists | p. 313 |
| Creating Your Own Web Site | p. 331 |
| Getting Your Own Domain Name | p. 355 |
| How to Do Stuff | p. 363 |
| List of Top-Level Internet Domains | p. 381 |
| Time Zones on the Internet | p. 391 |
| Abbreviations Used When Talking on the Net | p. 395 |
| Glossary | p. 401 |
| Index | p. 433 |
| List of Figures | |
| Important Internet (TCP/IP) protocols | p. 9 |
| Important clients and servers used on the Internet | p. 36 |
| Various ways to connect to an ISP | p. 49 |
| Organizational top-level domains | p. 67 |
| Examples of geographical top-level domains | p. 68 |
| The most common schemes used within URLs | p. 82 |
| The most common file extensions used on the Internet | p. 85 |
| A typical mail message | p. 102 |
| A typical mail message showing the full header | p. 104 |
| The life cycle of a mail message | p. 110 |
| An example of a good mail message | p. 122 |
| An example of a bad mail message | p. 123 |
| Common abbreviations used in mail messages | p. 127 |
| A typical Web page within Internet Explorer | p. 143 |
| Variations in the appearance of Internet Explorer | p. 144 |
| A Web page with frames | p. 153 |
| A typical Favorites list within Internet Explorer | p. 163 |
| An instant messaging conversation | p. 174 |
| Instant Messaging systems: lists of names | p. 174 |
| A chat room using a Java talk client | p. 176 |
| A chat room using a browser as a talk client | p. 177 |
| Abbreviations used while talking on the Net | p. 179 |
| A typical IRC session | p. 185 |
| Important IRC commands | p. 187 |
| An imaginary setting within a mud | p. 190 |
| Standard port numbers used on the Internet | p. 192 |
| The most common file extensions used on the Web | p. 201 |
| Dialog box asking to download an ActiveX control | p. 205 |
| Beginning a download with Internet Explorer | p. 207 |
| Specifying where to save a downloaded file | p. 207 |
| Custom buttons for accessing search engines | p. 238 |
| The Internet Explorer search facility | p. 239 |
| Entering a search request into the address bar | p. 240 |
| Entering a search request into an address window | p. 242 |
| Security warning when sending data | p. 255 |
| File extensions of attachments that are unsafe to open | p. 268 |
| File extensions of attachments that are safe to open | p. 268 |
| The seven original Usenet hierarchies | p. 290 |
| Mainstream and alternative Usenet hierarchies | p. 291 |
| The most important Usenet hierarchies | p. 292 |
| Examples of regional and organizational hierarchies | p. 293 |
| Sample Usenet newsgroups | p. 293 |
| Reading a Usenet article with Outlook Express (Internet Explorer) | p. 297 |
| Newsgroups to which FAQs are posted | p. 300 |
| Some of the abbreviations commonly used on Usenet | p. 301 |
| Related Usenet newsgroups, including a misc group | p. 303 |
| Examples of Usenet newsgroups that contain pictures | p. 305 |
| Usenet groups to which you can send test messages | p. 307 |
| Examples of mailing lists | p. 319 |
| Subscribing and unsubscribing to a mailing list | p. 322 |
| Summary of important Listserv commands | p. 325 |
| Summary of important Listproc commands | p. 326 |
| Summary of important Majordomo commands | p. 326 |
| Examples of gatewayed Bitnet mailing lists | p. 329 |
| HTML for a simple Web page | p. 335 |
| A simple Web page | p. 336 |
| The most important HTML tags | p. 337 |
| A Web page containing a table | p. 341 |
| A Web page containing a form | p. 341 |
| A Web page containing frames | p. 342 |
| Whois information for a typical domain name | p. 360 |
| The 24-hour time system compared to the AM/PM system | p. 394 |
| U.S. time zones compared to GMT | p. 394 |
| Abbreviations used while talking on the Net | p. 397 |
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