The Internet Companion: A Beginner's Guide to Global Networking

Tracy Laquey, Jeanne C. Ryer (Authors); Al Gore (Foreword)

ISBN 10: 0201622246 / ISBN 13: 9780201622249

Published by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., Reading, MA, et al., 1993

About this Item

196 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Occassional highlighter markings on text/ marginalia. Previous owner's name inscribed on first front-end page and last page.

Seller Inventory # 3iiAf0037

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Internet Companion: A Beginner's Guide to Global Networking
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., Reading, MA, et al.
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201622246
• ISBN 13: 9780201622249
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Illustrator: Virginia Evans, Rob Day (Cover Design)
• Edition: 3rd Printing February 1993
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Computer Science & Technology, IT, Internet, etc.
  • Engineering, Technical Professions & Studies
  • Guide Books, Handbooks, Manuals, How-To-Bks

About this title

Synopsis

Introduces the reader to the Internet culture, offering advice on subjects such as hooking up to Internet from a PC or Macintosh and using Internet's electronic mail, file transfer, and remote login.

From the Back Cover

New Edition
now available! "The best general introduction to the Internet" -- Frank Bajak, Associated Press

"A good book for Internet novices" -- Walter S. Mossberg, The Wall Street Journal

Foreword by Vice President Al Gore.

The Internet continues to grow at a phenomenal rate with millions of new users joining up each month. Now the bestselling introductory guide to the Internet is available in a new updated edition. With over 100,000 copies sold, The Internet Companion explains in clear, nontechnical language the structure, culture, and resources of the Internet. Covering the latest developments of this fast-changing world, The Internet Companion, Second Edition explores the growing commercialization of the Internet and examines the advantages of doing business on the Internet. From Russian journalists to MTV VJs, new anecdotes provide examples of how people from all walks of life use the Internet.

This updated edition is also available as The Internet Companion Plus, which comes bundled with Delphi's Internet access software enabling anyone with a PC and a modem to join the Internet.

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