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Overview (screen 1 of 6)
This Guide covers the history and nature of the Internet. It also introduces the elements of the Internet (such as the Web and email).
In this Guide you will find out about the following:
- Screen 2. How did the Internet start?
- Screen 3. How the Internet works.
- Screen 4. How do computers talk to each other? With server software!
- Screen 5. What you can do on the Internet.
- Screen 6. Where is Internet technology going? Review of Guide 2.
Definitions needed? Visit FOLDOC
Imperial College, London, U.K. hosts the master 
Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC)(1). You can visit FOLDOC any time for definitions and explanations of unfamiliar terms. FOLDOC contains over 13,000 definitions and is very simple to use.
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References
- Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing http://www.foldoc.org/
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