After you have finished 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 | How Does the Internet Work? What is the basic structure of the internet, and who controls it? | 2.4 | 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? | 2.5 | The World Wide Web What are websites, web pages, browsers, URLs, and search engines? | 2.6 | 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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