How the Internet Works, How It Works Series, Preston Gralla, Book

Product Details

Pub. Date: December 2006
Publisher: Que
Format: Paperback, 432pp
Sales Rank: 129,175

Series: How It Works Series
ISBN-13: 9780789736260
ISBN: 0789736268
Edition Number: 8
Edition Description: Revised Edition

Synopsis

Simple, clear explanations walk you through every technology

Detailed explanations walk you through the technology.

The Internet has changed the world... and, with everything from blogs to podcasts, Internet phones to video, it’s still changing the world. Now, it’s easy to understand how it all works! This book’s big, brilliant, full-color illustrations and clear explanations make it all incredibly simple!

DISCOVER HOW THE INTERNET REALLY WORKS... IT’S AMAZINGLY EASY!

This new edition has been completely updated for today’s hottest Internet technologies, Web connections, hardware, communications and entertainment services, and much more!

• See how the Internet can deliver any kind of information, anywhere: web pages, email, music, video, phone calls, and more!

• Understand the most exciting new Internet technologies, from blogs and podcasting to wikis and BitTorrent

• Discover how your connection to the Internet works... wireless, cable modem, DSL, even cellphones

• Go behind the scenes with today’s most sophisticated websites, applications, and services

• Protect yourself from the latest Internet dangers, including phishing, web surveillance, and wireless hacking

Preston Gralla is the award-winning author of more than 30 books, including How the Internet Works, Complete Idiot’s Guide to Internet Privacy and Security, Complete Idiot’s Guide to Protecting Your Child Online, and HowWireless Works. He has written

frequently about security issues, computer technology, the Internet, and has been a columnist for many magazines, websites

and newspapers.

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Biography

Preston Gralla is the award-winning author of 20 books, including

How Wireless Works, How To Expand and Upgrade PCs, and The

Complete Idiot’s Guide to Protecting Yourself Online. He is an executive

editor and columnist for CNet and ZDNet; is a technology columnist

for the Dallas Morning News; and has written about technology

for many magazines and newspapers, including USA Today, PC

Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, Boston Magazine, PC/Computing,

Computerworld, and FamilyPC among many others. Gralla has won

several writing and editing awards, including one from the

Computer Press Association for the best feature article in a computer

magazine.

As a well-known expert on computers and the Internet, he has appeared

frequently on numerous TV and radio shows and networks,

including the CBS Early Show, CNN, National Public Radio’s All

Things Considered, MSNBC, CNBC, TechTV, and CNet Radio.

He was the founding managing editor of the well-known newspaper

PC Week and a founding editor of PC/Computing. Under his editorship,

PC/Computing was a finalist for General Excellence from the

National Magazine Awards.

Gralla lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his wife Lydia, children

Gabriel and Mia, and a rabbit named Polichinelle. He also

writes the free Gralla’s Internet Insider email newsletter. To subscribe

to it for free, send an email to preston@gralla.com with the

words SUBSCRIBENETINSIDER on the subject line.

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January 26, 2009: How The Internet Works(8th Edition): useful and easy-to-understand
Dongxue Ma

How the Internet Works is one of a series called the How It Works Series. From the name you can easily see the content of this book. The author Preston Gralla, begin with the basic content of the Internet like ¿What is the Internet¿ and goes on to the complex content like ¿How Parental Controls Work,¿ covering topics such as Internet's underlying architecture, how to use the Internet and some security issues.

CHAPTER CONTENT
This book has 52 chapters which are divided into 9 parts. Part 1 explains the Internet 's underlying architecture, Part 2 teaches the Internet connections, Part 3 shows Internet communication works, Part4 describes how the world wide web works, Part 5 to Part8 introduces how Internet applications work, basic content from the world wide web to complex content Internet shopping. And the last part
tells how to protect ourself on the Internet.

USEFUL AND EASY-TO-UNDERSTAND
How the Internet Works can serve the users from beginning levels to intermediate. Even readers have no much knowledge of the Internet, after reading this book will understand the Internet very well. If readers are familiar with the Internet, can also find something they did not know before, and understand the Internet better. The Introduction shows the whole view of this book, and helps readers locate the parts in the book that they need the most. In Each part, there are several chapters related to the title of the part. Each chapter is written in very easy-to-understand words. First it introduces the components which will be explained later, next it describes the components and how they work with the support of colorful illustrations, so readers can easily understand the contents. Since that people can easily understand visible things and most of the Internet is invisible, these pictures are very useful to aid understanding. In the glossary, many difficult technical terms are listed. This part helps reading component technical terminology quickly and effectively.

This book is worth the picture of $29.99 in the USA with its high paper quality and color illustration. If you are interested at the Internet, this book is the best.

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