Product Description

Replacing the long-running pocket series, this new Economist essential A-Z series is launched in Spring 2003 in a strikingly attractive paper back format, with flaps and distinctive red end papers. Following an introduction on the huge differences the Internet has made to modern day life, the bulk of the book contains a much expanded A-Z with several hundred entries that explain the essentials of the Internet - as well as some of its more quirky and inconsequential aspects. Entries include ActiveX , ADSL, Arpanet, Asynchronous transfer mode, B2B, B2C, Backbone, Cookie, Copyleft, Cracker, Cybrarian,, Digerati, Drop-dialling, Emoticon, Encyption, , Firewall, Flame, Frame relay, Groupware, HTML, Hypertext, Infomediary, ISDN, Java, Jini, Linkrot, Lurker, Moore's Law, Multicasting, Nerd, Netiquette, Object oriented, Open source, , Packet, PANS, PGP, Ping, Quicktime, Remailer, Router, RSA, Source code, Splinternet, Stickiness, TAG, Thin client, Tiger team, Unix, URL, Uuencode, Viewser, Vortal, Warez, Web ring, XML, Yahoo and Zmodem. Also included as appendices are * A brief history of the Internet * Hundreds of recommended web sites.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1328668 in Books
• Published on: 2003-06-01
• Released on: 2003-06-24
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

About the Author
Sean Geer has been writing about IT for more than ten years. Following a spell as managing editor of Wired, he is now a freelance writer and consultant specialising in internet-related issues

Customer Reviews

Sean does a great job!
I have his 2001 copy of this book and am ordering 3 copies today -- one for me, one for my husband, and one for a coworker. Yeah, Sean! Keep up the good work.