Chapter 1 Introduction to the World Wide Web and the Internet

*Penang Stamford School Of Computer Science

This Web page is an electronic publishing project of Stamford College School of Computer Science Penang . It contains introduction and links to the Internet resources, web sites, and services. Using this, those who is newbie on the net can learn about the internet which is the hottest topic today in the information age.Please send any comments, questions or suggestions to the author at [email protected] and [email protected].
Last updated: Saturday, January 16,1998

Introduction to the World Wide Web and the Internet

This site gives an introduction to the World Wide Web and the Internet. Items mention in the chapter include

About the World Wide Web
About the Newsgroup
About E-mail
About FTP
About IRC
About Search Engine
About Editor

Having some problems?

Here's a list of error codes (and explanations) that you might see when you try to access a resource and somehow things just don't go exactly right.
The list comes from Intranet FAQ
Another list of error codes is available at CNET resources - tech central - technical advisers - Errors

Getting Connected

The Web site Getting on the World Wide Web from University of California, San Diego, Science and Engineering Library has lots of useful information about getting connected to the World Wide Web.
Another useful guide to information is "Getting Connected to the Internet" published by the Internet Public Library.

Want more (or even some) information about SLIP/PPP? Take a look at SLIP/PPP Homepage by Lai Zit Seng

Resources on the History of the Internet

Bruce Sterling's A Brief History of the Internet
A Brief History of the Internet by Barry M. Leiner, Vinton G. Cerf, David D. Clark, Robert E. Kahn, Leonard Kleinrock, Daniel C. Lynch, Jon Postel, Larry G. Roberts, Stephen Wolff
Architecture of the Internet - Boardwatch magazine.
Hobbes' Internet Timeline by Robert H'obbes' Zakon
Net Timeline from the PBS series Life on the Internet
History of the Internet How the infrastructure originated - Boardwatch magazine.
History of the Internet and WWW: View from the Internet Valley
NetHistory: An Informal History of BITNET and the Internet

Some other places you may want to visit

Learning to Use the Internet Learning to Use the World Wide Web Searching and Researching on the World Wide Web

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