After you finish this chapter, you should be able to answer the following questions.
2.1
Choosing Your Internet Access Device & Physical Connection: The Quest for Broadband What are the means of connecting to the internet, and how fast are they?
2.2
Choosing Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) What is an internet service provider, and what do ISPs provide?
2.3
Sending & Receiving Email What are the options for obtaining email software, what are the components of an email address, and what are netiquette and spam?
2.4
The World Wide Web What are websites, web pages, browsers, URLs, and search engines?
2.5
The Online Gold Mine: More Internet Resources What are FTP, Telnet, newsgroups, real-time chat, blogs, distance learning, and e-commerce?
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