1 Fundamentals of Electronic Mail

1.1 Introduction

1 Fundamentals of Electronic Mail

1.2 E-Mal:Advantages and Disadvantages

1.2.2 Disadvantages

1.2.1 Advantages

1.3.1 Userids

1.3 Userids,Passwords,and E-Mail Addresses

1.3.2 Passwords

1.3.3 E-Mail Addresses

1.3.4 Domain Names

1.3.6 Local and Systemwide Aliases

1.3.5 E-Mail Address Determinations

1.4 Message Components

1.5 Message Composition

1.5.1 Structure

1.5.2 Netiquette

1.5.3 Composition

1.6 Mailer Features

1.6.2 Bracketed Text and Include

1.6.1 Compose,File,and Reply

1.6.3 Forwarding

1.7 E-Mail Inner Workings

1.7.1 Mailer,Mail Server,and Mailbox

1.7.2 Store and Forward Features

1.7.3 Central Mail Spool and IMAP

1.7.4 Bounce Feature

1.8 E-Mail Management

1.8.1 Action Options

1.8.2 Vacation Programs

1.8.3 E-Mail and Businesses

1.9 MIME Types

2 Jump Start:Browsing and Publishing

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Browser Bare Bones

2 Jump Start:Browsing and Publishing

2.2.1 Browser Window Terminology

2.2.2 Menu Bar

2.2.3 Toolbar

2.2.4 Hot Buttons

2.3 Coast-to-Coast Surfing

2.2.5 Hyperlinks

2.3.1 Web Terminology

2.3.2 Uniform Resource Locator(URL)

2.4 HyperText Markup Language:Introduction

2.4.1 HTML Tag Syntax

2.4.2 HTML Document Creation

2.5 Web Page Installation

2.5.1 Basic Principles

2.5.2 A Specific Example

2.6.1 Head Tag

2.6 Web Page Setup

2.6.2 HTML and Colors

2.6.3 Body Tag

2.6.4 HTML Font Colors

2.6.5 Font Size

2.6.6 Font Face

2.6.7 HTML Comments

2.7 HTML Formatting and Hyperlink Creation

2.7.1 Paragraph Tag

2.7.2 Heading Tags

2.7.3 Anchor Tag

2.7.4 Image Tag

3 The Internet

3.1 Introduction

3 The Intemet

3.2 The Internet Defined

3.2.1 The Information Superhighway

3.2.2 Interesting Internet Facts

3.3 Internet History

3.3.2 1970s Telecommunications

3.3.1 1960s Telecommunications

3.3.3 1980s Telecommunications

3.3.4 1990s Telecommunications

3.3.5 Internet Growth

3.4 The Way the Internet Works

3.4.1 Network Benefits

3.4.2 Interconnected Networks and Communication

3.4.3 Physical Components

3.4.4 Network Connections

3.4.5 Client-Server Model

3.4.6 IP Addresses

3.4.8 Web Page Retrieval

3.4.7 Internet Protocol Version 6(Ipv6)

3.5.1 World Wide Wait Problem

3.5 Internet Congestion

3.5.2 Technical Solutions

3.5.3 Issues and Predictions

3.6 Internet Clture

3.6.1 Critical Evaluation of Information

3.6.2 Freedom ofExpression

3.6.3 Communication Mechanisms

3.6.4 Advertising

3.6.5 Societal Impact

3.7 Business Culture and the Internet

3.7.1 On-Line Businesses

3.7.2 Three Sample Companies

3.7.3 On-Line Business Hurdles

3.7.4 Cookies

3.7.5 Business and Safety/Security on the Web

3.7.6 Legal Environment

3.7.7 U.S.Government s Commitment to Electronic Commerce

3.8 Collaborative Computing and the Internet

3.8.1 Collaborative Computing Defined

3.8.2 Applications

3.8.3 Impact

3.8.4 Future Prospects

4 The World Wide Web

4.1 Introduction

4.2 The Web Defined

4 The World Wide Web

4.3 Miscellaneous Web Browser Details

4.3.1 Personal Preferences

4.3.2 Bookmarks

4.3.3 Plug-ins and Helper Applications

4.3.4 Web Browsers Comparison:Netscape and Microsoft

4.4 Web Writing Styles

4.4.1 The Biography

4.4.2 The Business Exposition

4.4.3 The Guide

4.4.4 The Tutorial

4.4.5 Writing Genres Summary

4.5 Web Presentation Otuline,Design,and Management

4.5.1 Goal Setting

4.5.2 Outlining

4.5.3 Navigating

4.5.4 Designing and Coding

4.5.5 Revising

4.6 Registering Web Pages

4.7 Lynx:Text-Based Web Browser

4.7.1 Starting Lynx

4.7.2 Basic Navigation

4.7.3 Features

4.7.4 Bookmarks

4.7.5 Printing

4.7.6 Images

4.7.7 Lynx Commands Summary

5.1 Introduction

5 Searching the World Wide Web

5 Searching the World Wide Web

5.2 Directories,Search Engines,and Metasearch Engines

5.2.1 Directories

5.2.2 Popular Directories

5.2.3 Search Engines

5.2.4 Popular Search Engines

5.2.5 Metasearch Engines

5.2.6 Popular Metasearch Engines

Ellen and Ray s Choices

5.2.7 White Pages

5.2.8 Popular White Pages

5.3 Search Fundamentals

5.3.1 Search Terminology

5.3.2 Pattern Matching Queries

5.3.3 Boolean Queries

5.3.4 Search Domain

5.3.5 Search Subjects

5.4 Search Strategies

5.4.1 Too Few Hits:Search Generalization

5.4.2 Too Many Hits:Search Specialization

5.4.3 Sample Searches

5.5 How Does a Search Engine Work?

5.5.1 Search Engine Components

5.5.2 User interface

5.5.3 Searcher

5.5.4 Evaluator

5.5.5 Gatherer

5.5.7 Summary

5.5.6 Indexer

6 Telnet and FTP

6.2 Telnet and Remote Login

6 Telnet and FTP

6.1 Introduction

6.2.1 Telnet

6.2.2 Remote Login

6.3 File Transfer

6.3.1 Graphical File Transfer Clients

6.3.2 Text-Based File Transfer Clients

6.3.3 File Compression

6.3.4 Anonymous File Transfer

6.3.5 Archie

6.4.1 Definitions

6.4 Computer Viruses

6.4.2 Virus Avoidance and Precautions

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Semantic Versus Syntactic Based Style Types

7 Basic HTML

7 Basic HTML

7.2.1 Semantic Based Style Types

7.2.2 Syntactic Based Style Types

7.2.3 Style Type Usage

7.3.1 Headers

7.3 Headers and Footers

7.3.2 Horizontal Rule Tag

7.3.3 Footers

7.4.1 Ordered Lists

7.4 Lists

7.4.2 Unordered Lists

7.4.3 Definition Lists

7.4.4 Nested Lists

7.5 Tables

7.5.1 Table Usage

7.5.2 HTML Table Tags

7.5.3 Frequently Asked Questions

7.6 Debugging

8 Web Graphics

8 Web Graphics

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Popular Image Formats

8.2.1 Image Compression

8.2.2 Image Acquisition and Display

8.2.3 Graphics Interchange Format(GIF)

8.2.4 Joint Photographic Experts Group(JPG)

8.2.5 Portable Network Graphics(PNG)

8.3 GIF Features

8.3.1 Animated GIFs

8.3.2 Interlaced GIFs

8.3.3 Transparent Images

8.4 Image Tag Revisited

8.4.1 Image and Text Alignment

8.4.2 Additional ALIGN Attribute Values

8.4.3 Summary:ALIGH Attrubute Values

8.4.4 Horizontal Image Alignment

8.4.5 Wrapped Text

8.4.6 Text Wrap Prevention

8.4.7 Spacing Control

8.4.8 Centered Images

8.4.9 Image Borders

8.4.10 Low Source(LOWSRC)Images

8.5 Image Maps

8.5.1 Server-Side Image Maps

8.5.2 Client-Side Image Maps

8.5.3 Summary:Image Maps

8.6 Scanners

8.6.1 Scanner Types

8.6.2 Scanner Selection

8.7 Miscellaneous Graphics Topics

8.7.1 Thumbnail Sketches

8.7.2 Image Height and Width

8.7.3 Image Load Time

9 Advanced HTML

9 Advanced HTML

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Frames

9.2.1 Frame Usage

9.2.2 Frame Tags

9.2.3 Frequently Asked Questions

9.2.4 Additional Frame Tag Attributes

9.2.5 Targeted Hyperlinks

9.2.6 Nested Frames

9.2.7 Frameset Design Algorithm

9.2.8 Frames Reality Check

9.3 HTML Forms

9.3.1 Form Tags

9.3.2 Form Methods

9.3.3 Mailto URLs

9.3.4 Form Input Tags

9.3.5 Frequently Asked Questions

9.4 CGI Scripts

9.4.1 Scripts and Forms

9.4.2 Security

9.5 Dynamic Documents

9.5.1 Client Pull

9.5.2 Server Push

9.5.3 New-Address Notification

9.6.1 Editors

9.6 HTML Tools

9.6.2 Syntax Checkers

9.6.3 Converters

9.7 Next-Generation HTML

10 Newsgroups,Mailing Lists,Chat Rooms,and MUDs

10 Newsgroups,Mailing Lists,Chat Rooms,and MUDs

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Newsgroups and Mailing Lists History

10.3 Newsgroup Fundamentals

10.3.1 Newsgroup Terminology

10.3.2 Newsreaders

10.3.3 Newsgroups Model

10.3.4 Newsgroup Hierarchies

10.3.5 Controversy

Ellen and Ray s Choices

10.4.1 Mailing List Terminology

10.4 Mailing List Fundamentals

10.4.2 Mailing List Subscriptions and Posts

10.4.3 Helpful Hints

10.4.4 Mailing Lists and Web Pages

10.4.5 Mailing Lists Versus Newsgroups

Ellen and Ray s Choices

10.5 Newsgroups and Mailing Lists Availability

10.6 Chat Rooms

10.6.1 Chat Room Entrance

10.6.2 Chat Room Culture

10.6.3 Chat Rooms and Education

10.7 MUDs

10.7.1 MUD Connections

10.7.2 MUDding

10.7.4 Additional MUD Uses

10.7.3 MUD Etiquette

10.7.5 MUD Creation

11 Electronic Publishing

11 Electronic Publishing

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Electronic Publishing Advantages and Disadvantages

11.2.1 Advantages

11.2.2 Disadvantages

11.3 Copyright Issues

11.3.1 Definition

11.3.2 Credit Issues

11.4 Project Gutenberg and On-Line Books

11.4.1 Project Gutenberg

11.4.2 Other On-Line Books

11.5 Electronic Journals,Magazines,and Newspapers

11.5.1 E-zines

11.5.2 Journals

Ellen and Ray s Choices

11.5.3 Magazines and Newspapers

11.6 Miscellaneous Publishing Issues

11.6.1 Plagiarism

11.6.2 Electronic Publishing Do s and Don ts

12 Web Programming Material

12 Web Programming Material

12.1 Introduction

12.2 The JavaScript Programming Language

12.2.1 JavaScript and HTML

12.2.2 Event-Handlers

12.2.3 Sample JavaScript Code

12.3 Applets

12.3.1 HTML Applet Tags

12.3.2 Java-Enabled Browsers

12.3.3 Sample Applets

12.4 The Java Programming Language

12.4.1 Sample Java Source Code

12.4.2 Java and Object-Oriented Programming

12.5 Guest Books

12.5.1 Standard Input Fields of a Guest Book

12.5.2 Guest Book Dynamics

12.5.3 Mailto Guest Books

12.6 Web Page Counters

12.6.1 HTML Code for a Counter

12.6.2 Counter Usefulness

12.6.3 Counter Display Decision

12.7 Server-Side Includes

12.7.1 Common Inclusions

12.7.2 Utilization

13 Multimedia

13 Multimedia

13.1 Introduction

13.2 Important Multimedia Issues

13.2.1 Multimedia Displays

13.2.2 Current Multimedia Concerns

13.3 Audio

13.3.1 Audio Installation

13.3.2 Audio and Web Pages

13.3.3 Audio Repositories

13.4 Movies and Video

13.4.1 Formats

13.4.2 Video and Web Pages

13.5 Virtual Reality and 3D Modeling

13.5.1 Virtual Reality Modeling Language(VRML)

13.5.2 QuickTime Virtual Reality(QTVR)

13.5.3 Virtual Reality Summary

13.6.1 Object Tag

13.6 Multimedia and HTML Documents

13.6.2 Embed Tag

14 Privacy and Security Topics

14 Privacy and Security Topics

14.1 Introduction

14.2 Known Information

14.2.1 Volunteered Information

14.2.2 Information Collection

14.3 Software Complexity

14.3.1 Contributing Factors

14.3.2 Browsers,Networks,Operating Systems,and Servers

14.4.1 Basic Concepts

14.4 Encryption Schemes

14.4.2 Prime Numbers

14.4.3 Private Key Cryptography

14.4.4 Public Key Cryptography

14.4.5 Hashing Algorithms

14.5 Secure Web Documents

14.6 Digital Signatures

14.6.1 Digital Signature Example

14.6.2 Pretty Good Privacy

14.7 Firewalls

A Internet Service Providers

A Internet Service Providers

B Text Editing

B Text Editing

C Pine Mail Program

C Pine Mail Program

D Basic UNIX

D Basic UNIX

E HTML Tags

E HTML Tags

F Acronyms

F Acronyms

G My URLs

G My URLs

Glossary

Glossary

Bibllography

Bibliography

Index

Index