How the Internet Works
By Preston Gralla
Illustrated by Michael Troller

ISBN: 0789729733
Format: Paperback, 354pp
Pub. Date: August 2003
Publisher: Que

Paperback, August 2003
Barnes & Noble price: $23.99

FROM B&N EDITORS
The Barnes & Noble Review
A while back, someone asked us a simple question: "How does my email get from me to you?" Well, we thought it was simple -- until we tried to answer it and realized we didn't understand email quite as thoroughly as we'd imagined. Sure, we knew about routers and LDAP and SMTP and POP -- but to put it all together clearly, concisely, comprehensibly? Not easy. Fortunately, we've since discovered a book full of great Internet explanations: How the Internet Works, Sixth Edition.

Preston Gralla demystifies everything you've ever wondered about the Internet (or took for granted). How your computer finds web sites. How routers work. How cable modems and DSL work. How wireless web connections work. How spam works. How instant messaging and Internet phone calls work. How firewalls work. HTML. Napster. Flash. Intranets. Digital certificates. Parental controls. Viruses. Chat. Database-enabled web sites. ISPs. Electronic wallets. Search engines. Internet video. JavaScript. DNS. URLs. Bluetooth. File compression. You name it.

It's all attractively illustrated, in full color, with plenty of illustrations -- all of them redone for this edition. Best of all, Gralla carefully chooses his words, wasting none. With this book, the Internet finally makes sense. (Bill Camarda)

Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer with nearly 20 years' experience in helping technology companies deploy and market advanced software, computing, and networking products and services. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2000 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks For Dummies®, Second Edition.

FROM THE PUBLISHER
Covering today's latest technology, How the Internet Works explains the Internet and the technologies that make it work.

ACCREDITATION
Preston Gralla is the award-winning author of 17 books, including the best-selling How the Internet Works, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying a PC, and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Shopping. He has written about computer technology and the Internet and has been a columnist for many magazines and newspapers, including USA Today, PC Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, Boston Magazine, PC/Computing, and FamilyPC. He has won several writing and editing awards, including one for the best feature article in a computer magazine from the Computer Press Association. He is also a columnist for the Dallas Morning News.

Gralla is also Executive Editor for ZDNet, which is consistently rated the number-one news and information site on the Internet. As a well-known expert on computers and the Internet, he has appeared frequently on numerous TV and radio shows, such as the CBS Early Show, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, and National Public Radio's All Things Considered.

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