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The Information Revolution : the not-for-dummies guide to the history, technology, and use of the World Wide Web
TK5105.875.I57.O39 2005
It's not uncommon to hear people refer to the Internet and the Web as if they were one and the same thing. There are good reasons why many people make this mistake and why many people are unclear about the relationship between the Web and the Internet. Journalists and newscasters routinely use the two names interchangeably, which is one obvious source of the problem. Another source of the problem - this one far less obvious but of greater impact - has to do with the evolution of Web browsers. Netscape's Navigator and Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which are the two most popular tools for surfing the Web, have become multipurpose network applications that are used for exchanging and managing email, interacting in chat rooms, and other common Internet activities. None of these activities have any connection to browsing the Web, but use of these applications blurs the distinctions between the Web and other services on the Internet as well as between the Web and the Internet itself. This book was written to make these distinctions clear.
The Information Revolution : the not-for-dummies guide to the history, technology, and use of the World Wide Web
TK5105.875.I57.O39 2005
It's not uncommon to hear people refer to the Internet and the Web as if they were one and the same thing. There are good reasons why many people make this mistake and why many people are unclear about the relationship between the Web and the Internet. Journalists and newscasters routinely use the two names interchangeably, which is one obvious source of the problem. Another source of the problem - this one far less obvious but of greater impact - has to do with the evolution of Web browsers. Netscape's Navigator and Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which are the two most popular tools for surfing the Web, have become multipurpose network applications that are used for exchanging and managing email, interacting in chat rooms, and other common Internet activities. None of these activities have any connection to browsing the Web, but use of these applications blurs the distinctions between the Web and other services on the Internet as well as between the Web and the Internet itself. This book was written to make these distinctions clear.