Getting Net value.
The writer presents a newcomer's guide to the Internet. The four basic services available—electronic mail, newsgroups, mailing lists, and file transfer protocol—are described, and the World Wide Web is examined. Sidebars discuss the amount of information available through the Internet, the culture...
| Publicado en: | New Statesman & Society Vol. 8; pp. 24 - 27 |
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New Statesman Ltd.
May 5 1995
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| Sumario: | The writer presents a newcomer's guide to the Internet. The four basic services available—electronic mail, newsgroups, mailing lists, and file transfer protocol—are described, and the World Wide Web is examined. Sidebars discuss the amount of information available through the Internet, the culture of the users, a random exploration of the World-Wide Web through a roulette server, and the origins of the Internet in the U.S. (Defense) Advanced Research Projects Agency. |
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