Essential Internet
By Sean Geer.
Description
In the mid-1990s, the internet began to attract attention on a grand scale. A dotcom boom and bust later, many of the claims made for its influence have been exposed as hopelessly wrong. But it is a technology that has transformed our lives both at work and play - and it will continue to do so. This book is a guide to the essentials of the technology and impact of the internet, with entries that stretch from A to Z and cover such topics, terms and jargon as: ADSL, Applet, Bluetooth, Burn rate, Chatbot, Copyleft, Drive-by hacker, Encryption, Firewall, Grid computing, Honeypot, Instant messag...
ISBN(s)
1861975406, 9781861975409
