Chapter 1

Foundation

Understanding the Basics

Abstract

In this chapter we will be setting up the basics clear and understand the working of the internet. After that we will talk about the World Wide Web. Then we will move ahead and learn about some basic technologies of the computer world, which will help us later to get a clear picture of what we are dealing with. Later in this chapter we will be describing about the basic environment setup, so that the examples and exercises discussed in the book could be easily replicated by the readers.

Keywords

DNS Resolution; Intelligence; Internet; World Wide Web; (WWW)
Information in this chapter
• Information overload
• What is internet
• How it works
• What is World Wide Web
• Basic underlying technologies
• Environment ...

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