A Practical Guide to Fedora™ and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fifth Edition

10. Networking and the Internet

In This Chapter

Types of Networks and How They Work

Network Protocols

Network Utilities

ping: Tests a Network Connection

ttraceroute: Traces a Route Over the Internet

host and dig: Query Internet Nameservers

Distributed Computing

Usenet

WWW: World Wide Web

The communications facilities linking computers are continually improving, allowing faster and more economical connections. The earliest computers were unconnected stand-alone systems. To transfer information from one system to another, you had to store it in some form (usually magnetic tape, paper tape, or punch cards—called IBM or Hollerith cards), carry it to a compatible system, and read it back in. A notable advance occurred when computers began to exchange ...