Whole Internet Users Guide & Catalog

by Ed Krol

Still the best book on the Internet. The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog, 2nd Edition is a comprehensive introduction to the international network of computer systems called the Internet, a resource of almost unimaginable wealth.As a complete introduction to the Internet, this book covers the basic utilities you use to access the mail, telnet, ftp, and news readers. But it also does much more. The Guide pays close attention to several important information servers (Archie, Wais, Gopher) that are, essentially, databases of they help you find what you want among the millions of files and thousands of archives available. There's also coverage of the World Wide Web. We've also included our own database of a resource index that covers a broad selection of several hundred important resources, ranging from the King James Bible to archives for USENET news.So if you use the Internet for work or for pleasure -- or if you'd like to, but don't know how -- you need this book. If you've been around the Net for a few years, you'll still be able to discover resources you didn't know existed. Also includes a pull-out quick-reference card.Now more comprehensive than ever, here's what you will find in the second

Genres: Computers, Nonfiction, Technology, History, Reference, Technical

544 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1992

Reviews

[Richard · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the books (THE book?) that started it all. I'm proud to have been at O'Reilly when this was THE definitive text on the Internet. Of interest now only historically. But at the time, we would visit prospective clients and say, "You'll have a URL on your business card someday." They'd just laugh. We know better now, don't we? :-)

[Bernie4444 · Rating 4 out of 5]

By the author of "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Internet"

Everyone has to start somewhere. Most people think that the Worldwide Web is the Internet. Others are still trying to spell DARPA. The topics covered in this book include: What the Internet is, how it works, and what you can do. Basic Internet utilities (telnet, FTP). Electronic mail and USENET News (Bulletin Boards). How to find the resources you want with tools like Archie Gopher, WAIS, and the Worldwide Web. What recourses are available: a catalog of over 300 resources, on topics ranging from Aeronautics to Zymurgy. How to be connected to the Internet: a list of Internet Service Providers.

To take advantage of this book it is best to have a shell account. Then you can go where no browser has gone before.

[Tobias · Rating 5 out of 5]

Part of the history. Very important history.
From the time when internet could be packed in the one book.