Carol Vorderman's Guide to the Internet 2001 TFI - Softcover

Young, Rob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130919365 ISBN 13: 9780130919366

Publisher: Custom Publishing, 2000

Synopsis

Covering all the basics of the Internet and exploring the World Wide Web, this beginners' work focuses on helping parents to use the Net to improve their children's education

About this title

Review

Vorderman's reputation as popular science's woman of the moment receives another boost with this helpful guide, co-written with Internet specialist and all-round computer guru Rob Young. The book is designed for the absolute Internet beginner, and the early chapters should be worked through in sequence. An introductory chapter answers the question "What is the Internet?" It outlines essentials like the equipment you need to get onto the Internet, explains what an ISP actually does, and gets a bit technical when it deciphers domain names. Subsequent chapters give advice on choosing an ISP, getting onto the Web, using e-mail and newsgroups, and getting into Internet Relay Chat.

Later chapters can be dipped into as the mood takes you. They cover using the Internet for specific purposes: keeping up with the news, learning and working, pursuing your hobbies and, to top things off, building your own Web site. These chapters in particular are littered with examples of Web resources, and, on the whole, the book tends to explain using examples and clear, simple graphics, making it extremely accessible to the less computer literate among us. --Sandra Vogel

From the Back Cover

Written specifically for UK beginners, Carol Vorderman and Rob Young explain all the mysteries of the Internet in a clear and friendly style. If you want to get online and you don't know where to start, look no further than this simple best-selling guide.

* Get yourself connected to the Internet - all you need to know plus all the software you need to do it

* Discover and explore the World Wide Web - what you can find and how to find it

* Use the Internet to contact others - email, newsgroups, online chat and live conversation

* The Internet and your family - education, entertainment and security

* How to create your own Web site - easy-to-follow tips and advice

* CD inside - free internet access, directory of sites, Internet Explorer 5, jargon-busting reference and much more

Edition details

• Publisher: Custom Publishing
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130919365
• ISBN 13: 9780130919366
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312