The 3-D visual approach to learning the internet and the World Wide WEb.

Break down the nuts and bolts of the Internet and the World Wide Web with this comprehensive resource. Start out with a brief history of the Internet and explore the many ways to connect to the Web. An entire chapter dedicated to Web page enhancements explains elements such as sound, video, tables, applets, plug-ins and multimedia that are integral tools for many Web sites. The uses and applications of the Internet and World Wide Web in daily lifeóat home and on the jobóare limitless, and with Internet and World Wide Web Simplified, 3rd Edition you start to see the possibilities. Set up an e-mail account and dissect the parts of an e-mail message; you can also explore a great range of popular Web sites that touch on everything from e-commerce, hobbies and academics to news, weather and entertainment. The book even includes a guide to creating your own Web pages to address your own needs. Finally, uncover interactive Web features such as newsgroups, chat rooms and multi-player games. Full-color graphics, an easy-to-follow page-layout and concise explanations make Internet and World Wide Web Simplified, 3rd Edition an indispensable tool for anyone wanting to explore new uses of the Internet.

This book contains a key component of the NII 2000 project of the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, a set of white papers that contributed to and complements the project's final report, The Unpredictable Certainty: Information Infrastructure Through 2000, which was published in the spring of 1996. That report was disseminated widely and was well received by its sponsors and a variety of audiences in government, industry, and academia. Constraints on staff time and availability delayed the publication of these white papers, which offer details on a number of issues and positions relating to the deployment of information infrastructure.

A visual guide to the Internet and World Wide Web, featuring step-by-step instructions and screen shots that provide information on how to connect to the Internet, access information, navigate the Web, create Web pages, send and receive E-mail, use newsgroups and chat rooms, play games, and other topics.

Two Web insiders who were employees of CERN in Geneva, where the Web was developed, tell how the idea for the World Wide Web came about, how it was developed, and how it was eventually handed over at no charge for the rest of the world to use. 20 illustrations.

The past 50 years have witnessed a revolution in computing and related communications technologies. The contributions of industry and university researchers to this revolution are manifest; less widely recognized is the major role the federal government played in launching the computing revolution and sustaining its momentum. Funding a Revolution examines the history of computing since World War II to elucidate the federal government's role in funding computing research, supporting the education of computer scientists and engineers, and equipping university research labs. It reviews the economic rationale for government support of research, characterizes federal support for computing research, and summarizes key historical advances in which government-sponsored research played an important role. Funding a Revolution contains a series of case studies in relational databases, the Internet, theoretical computer science, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality that demonstrate the complex interactions among government, universities, and industry that have driven the field. It offers a series of lessons that identify factors contributing to the success of the nation's computing enterprise and the government's role within it.