Understanding the Internet: A Clear Guide to Internet Technologies

Index

.ac 19

.co.uk 19, 111

.com 18–20, 111

.edu 19

.net 111

.org 19, 111

.org.uk 111

A

ADSL (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Lines) 125

AltaVista 119

America OnLine 49

ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) 27

ASP (Active Server Pages) 50

and Proxy Server 71

AT&T 129

Audio 122–123

B

Backbone provider 138

BBC Web site 45–46, 143

Bluetooth 129, 134

BOOTP (Boot Protocol) 61

Broadcast storms 28

BT 49

BTClick 109

BTConnect 109, 111, 119, 143

C

Cable & Wireless 139

CIX (Commercial Internet Exchange) 141

CompuServe 49

Cookies 50

Cyphertext 89–90

D

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) 61

security issues 63

Digital certificate 95

Digital signature 94

DNS (Domain Name System) 26

domain 22, 26

hierarchy 21

how it works 23

root 19, 26

structured names ...