About the Internet

The Internet is possibly the most important technical development since the Gutenberg press. Here are links to a number of excellent Internet-related resources. Last update 27-May-96.

Guides, documents, tutorials

• Here is a pointer to the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Extended Guide to the Internet located at http://www.eff.org/papers/bdgtti/eegtti.html .
• The document Special Internet Connections by Scott Yanoff is located at http://www.spectracom.com/islist/ -- it is an excellent source of information about public databases and other services accessible through the Internet.
• Zen and the Art of the Internetby Brendan Keyhoe is located at http://www.cs.indiana.edu/docproject/zen/zen-1.0_toc.html -- it is an older but still useful introduction.

• Here is a useful Glossary of Internet Terms located at http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html

Internet Etiquette

• The document The NET: User Guidelines and Etiquette by Arlene H. Rinaldi, is located at http://www.fau.edu/rinaldi/netiquette.html
• Etiquette for Public E-Mail Systems is a document located at http://www.netpath.net/~gwicker/email.htm
• Etiquette for Information Providers is a document about etiquette for Web developers. It is located at http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/Provider/Style/Etiquette

Tours

• The Global Village Tour of the Internet located at http://www.globalcenter.net/gcweb/tour.html is an excellent starting point for first-time Internet users.

Other general Internet references

• Here is a link to the YAHOO section on the Internet
• Here is link to Yahoo Internet Beginners Guides
• Here is a link to info regarding Books about the Internet
• Here is a link to various Internet Courses

TCP/IP

The Internet is based on the TCP/IP protocol. Here are a number of links to references about TCP/IP:

• Serial Line IP (SLIP)
• Introduction to TCP/IP
• UC Davis TCP/IP intro
• Comp.protocols.tcp/ip FAQ
• Well known IP ports