The Internet Book : Everything You Need to Know about Computer Networking and How the Internet Works. This item is unavailable.The Internet Book : Everything You Need to Know about Computer Networking and How the Internet Works

For use as a primary text for courses on using the Internet, or as a supplement for computer literacy courses that cover networking or the Internet.

Fully revised and updated throughout, this text explains – in non-technical language – the technology of how computers communicate, what the Internet is, how the Internet works, and what the Internet can do for people. Students connect to the material through Comer’s solid overview that focuses on the “big picture,” rather than the minute details. No background in computer networking or the Internet is assumed.

Douglas E. Comer is a professor at Purdue University, where he teaches popular computer networking courses. He consults for industry and teaches hundreds of professionals and diverse audiences around the world about the Internet at professional conferences and in onsite presentations. His series of books on networking and TCP/IP protocols receives high acclaim; his books are popular worldwide. One of the researchers who contributed to the formation of the Internet in the late 1970s and 1980s, he has served on the Internet Architecture Board, and is a Fellow of the ACM.