Part 6. Using Common Internet Tools

Using Common Internet Tools

 

An enormous amount of information and entertainment is available on the Internet, but how do you access it? Although using the Internet gets easier every day, it’s still not quite as simple as turning on your television or reading your daily newspaper.

The solution is to use a variety of Internet tools. These tools enable you to tap into the colossal resources of the Internet. Some of these resources, such as the World Wide Web, are quite well known. Others, such as FTP (file transfer protocol) are used quite often—and sometimes people use them without even knowing it. Still others, such as Telnet, ...

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