Sean Geer Boeken

In the mid-1990s, the internet began to attract attention on a grand scale. A dotcom boom and bust later, many of the claims made for its influence have been exposed as hopelessly wrong. But it is a technology that has transformed our lives both at work and play - and it will continue to do so. This book is a guide to the essentials of the technology and impact of the internet, with entries that stretch from A to Z and cover such topics, terms and jargon ADSL, Applet, Bluetooth, Burn rate, Chatbot, Copyleft, Drive-by hacker, Encryption, Firewall, Grid computing, Honeypot, Instant messaging, Java, Key escrow, Linkrot, Lurker, Mail rage, Netiquette, Open source, Pagejacking, Query, Rich media, RTFM, Stickiness, Tiger team, Typosquatting, UDDI, Virus, Vortal, Warchalking, Weblog, XML, Yahoo and Zip.Appendices provide a brief history of the internet and include hundreds of recommended websites.

The best-selling guide to everything you need to know about trends in the e-world and how to get the best out of the Internet.This fully updated edition of this best-selling title in The Economist Pocket Series contains articles on: The technology behind the Internet and how it's changing The information society The business of e-business The players influencing the shape of the Internet; An A-Z of key terms and jargon from @ to Avatar, through the differences between Hackers and Crackers, all the way to Xanadu and Zapata; A wide range of appendices, including A brief history of the Internet Strategic advice on using search engines, choosing an ISP, planning a web presence, connecting on the move, downloading software, shopping on the Net Hundreds of recommended web sites. Author Biography: Sean Greer has been writing about IT for more than ten years. Following a spell as manager of Wired, he is now a freelance writer and consultant specialising in Internet-related issues.