Contents

Chapter 1: The Web's THE Place to Be!

• From Small Things, Big Things Sometimes Come
  • What is the Web, and where is it strung?
  • And now, a word from our sponsor . . .
• Before the Web: Other Internet Navigation Tools
  • FTP (no, it?s not about flowers - that?s FTD!)
  • Burrowing around in Gopherspace
  • The beauty of mailing lists and electronic mail
  • Usenet
  • Wide-Area Information Service (WAIS)
• Why is the Web a "Big Deal"?
• Of Browsers and Search Tools
  • Lynx
  • Mosaic
  • Netscape Navigator
  • Internet Explorer
• Uniform Resources on the Web
  • URLs hold the keys to the Web
  • Making those URL keys fit
• Danger! Explosive Growth
• A Scintillating Survey of the Web, Worldwide
  • Jumping-off points galore
  • Search pages, anyone?
• Under the Hood: How the Web Works
• Networking Takes Protocols
  • How Webs talk: the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
  • The straight dope on HTTP
• HTML: HyperText Markup Language
• Accessing the Web
• Summary

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