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Web 101 continues to include all the tools students need to acquire a foundational understanding of the online resources available today and how to take full advantage of the Web's power. Ideal for an Internet literacy course, Lehnert and Kopec cover the fundamentals of the Internet's most popular features--communication tools, e-mail, searching, personal safety, and software--with new material on social networking and Web construction and design. Web 101 gives students all the background information and tools they need to become proficient users and savvy content-providers of the Internet.

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• Chapter 1 First Things First
• 1.1 Taking Charge
• 1.2 Computer Basics
• 1.3 Units of Memory
• 1.4 The Internet
• 1.5 Host Machines and Host Names
• 1.6 Speed and Bottlenecks
• 1.7 The Client/Server Software Model
• 1.8 The World Wide Web and Web Browsers
• 1.9 How to Get Online
• 1.10 Browser Tips and Tricks
• 1.11 Alternate Web Browsers
• Chapter 2 Personal Safety Online
• 2.1 Taking Charge
• 2.2 Acceptable Use Policies
• 2.3 Password Security
• 2.4 Phishing and Identity Theft
• 2.5 Viruses, Trojan Horses, and Worms
• 2.6 E-Mail Viruses
• 2.7 Hacker Attacks and Intrusions
• 2.8 Firewalls
• 2.9 Protecting Your Privacy
• 2.10 Libel and Lawsuits
• 2.11 Threats and Harassment
• 2.12 Software Piracy and Copyright Infringements
• 2.13 Pornography and Other Lapses in Good Taste
• 2.14 Hoaxes and Legends
• 2.15 Laptops and Wireless Networks
• 2.16 Summary of Cyberworld Risks and Hazards
• Chapter 3 E-Mail Management
• 3.1 Taking Charge
• 3.2 Basic E-Mail Client Operations
• 3.3 MIME Attachments and HTML-Enabled Clients
• 3.4 E-Mail Netiquette and Netspeak
• 3.5 SMTP and Mail Servers
• 3.6 HTTP, POP, and IMAP
• 3.7 Filtering and Routing
• 3.8 Web-Based E-Mail Accounts
• Chapter 4 Web 2.0
• 4.1 Getting Started
• 4.2 Blogs
• 4.3 Social Networking
• 4.4 RSS
• 4.5 Wikis and Folksonomies
• 4.6 Discussion Groups
• 4.7 Internet Relay Chat, Web-Based Chat, and Instant Messaging
• 4.8 The Psychology of Chat Rooms
• 4.9 Google Earth
• Chapter 5 Find What You Want-Fast!
• 5.1 Taking Charge
• 5.2 More about Subject Trees and Clearinghouses
• 5.3 General Search Engines and Meta Search Engines
• 5.4 Tools of the Trade
• 5.5 Searching the "Invisible Web"
• 5.6 Assessing Credibility on the Web
• Chapter 6 Software on the Internet
• 6.1 Taking Charge
• 6.2 Open Source versus Proprietary Software versus Freeware
• 6.3 File Formats
• 6.4 Trouble-Free Downloads
• 6.5 Antivirus Protection
• 6.6 Installation Tips
• 6.7 Spyware and Adware
• 6.8 File Download Utilities
• 6.9 Software Clearinghouses
• 6.10 FTP Software Archives and Clients
• 6.11 Managing Your Software
• 6.12 Finding Good Software Reviews
• Chapter 7 E-Commerce
• 7.1 Taking Charge
• 7.2 Online Shopping Risks and Safeguards
• 7.3 Secure Servers and Secure Web Pages
• 7.4 Commercial and Self-Regulation
• 7.5 Online Auctions
• Chapter 8 Encryption and the Internet
• 8.1 Taking Charge
• 8.2 Private-Key Encryption
• 8.3 Public-Key Encryption
• 8.4 Digital Signatures
• 8.5 Key Management
• 8.6 Counterfeit Keys
• 8.7 Key Certification
• 8.8 Digital Certificates
• 8.9 Strong and Weak Encryption
• Chapter 9 Basic Web Page Construction
• 9.1 Taking Charge
• 9.2 Copyright Basics
• 9.3 Planning Your Web Page
• 9.4 Creatng Web Pages with a WYSIWYG Editor
• 9.5 Publishing Your Web Page
• 9.6 Image File Formats
• 9.7 All about Color
• 9.8 Background Patterns
• 9.9 Image-Processing Utilities
• 9.10 Creating a Navigation Bar
• 9.11 A Web Site Construction Checklist
• Chapter 10 Advanced Web Page Construction
• 10.1 Taking Charge
• 10.2 What Is HTML?
• 10.3 Style Sheets
• 10.4 Client-Side Image Maps
• 10.5 Introduction to Interactive Web Pages
• Chapter 11 Web Pages and Scripting Alternatives
• 11.1 Taking Charge
• 11.2 CGI Scripts
• 11.3 Java Applets
• 11.4 Data-Driven Web Pages
• 11.5 XMP
• 11.6 AJAX
• 11.7 PHP
• 11.8 How Far Can You Go without Programming?
• Each chapter concludes with Things to Remember, Important Concepts
• Where Can I Learn More?
• Problems and Exercises, and Above & Beyond
• Appendixes
• A HTML Tags and Attributes
• B Style Sheets
• C UNIX File Types
• D All about Copyright

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Wendy G. Lehnert teaches in the Department of Computer Science for UMASS-Amherst, where she developed the course upon which Web 101 is based.

Richard Kopec is a professor of Computer Science at Saint Edward's University in Texas. Kopec's professional interests include Internet technology, Internet applications, Web page programming, and computer architecture and design. He received his PhD at Indiana University, Bloomington.